Symbols are arguably the most important part to a story. They add meaning and give life to the novel. Zora Neale Hurston uses symbols in Their Eyes Were Watching God to explain events. She also uses symbols to emphasize emotion and maturing of the women throughout the novel. Important symbols such as god, trees, and animals all make an impact on the development on the novel; however, trees is the most important symbol throughout the story. Hurston uses trees in the novel to emphasize the life of…
Jenny Sharpe’s Ghosts of Slavery: Literary Archaeology of Black Women’s Pasts complicates the understanding of black women and uncovers the heterogeneous narratives that the historical archive, dominated by white patriarchy, failed to incorporate. She does so by using “literary archaeology” – the piecing together of history using unconventional literary artifacts such as legends, superstitions, and folklore. Sharpe delves into the conditions that necessitate blurring the line between fiction and…
“The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree but Janie didn’t know how to tell Nanny that.” (page 31). Logan, was the older man that Nanny forced Janie into the attempt of loving. The thought of having to marry a very awful-looking old man just to satisfy her Nanny revolts Janie and violates her glorified perception of Love. Although Janie was strained into marrying Logan, she had the belief that once she married him she…
of exactly how much love Pheoby has for her long time friend. Nanny’s love was fueled by the want to give Janie all of the things that Nanny wanted in life, whether Janie wanted them or not. Nanny didn't want what happened to Leafy, Janie’s mother, to happen to Janie. She wanted to help ensure that Janie was taken care of; so to accomplish this Nanny set her up to marry Logan Killicks, an older already accomplished man that could provide Janie with a middle class future. What…
vividly recall the crisp Spring (spring) air and the wonderful aroma of the Bolognese sauce emanating from my grandparents’ kitchen. At roughly 500 PM (5:00 p.m.) on that Saturday in June, Garrett and I were visiting Pop-Pop and Nanny and quite typically were playing as Nanny prepared…
with the nannies can affect their behavior and emotions. In some cases, kids will grow an attachment to them, and most of the results are bad. The nannies could quit or get fired and they have to leave, therefore the child will get upset and misbehave which will result in bringing the nanny back to the household. Childhood is a time for a kid to learn and understand the world. Kids gain their manners and behavior from the person who has been always with them, in this case the nannies. Some…
be to find a good husband to marry, which influences her own decisions and development as a person. Nanny, Janie’s grandmother who raised her, has lived a long life of slavery and work, that instills in her a belief that overemphasizes the importance of having a husband to create a safe and stable home environment. Seeing Janie kissing Johnny Taylor elicits a response of fear-driven anger in Nanny because she thinks that Janie’s personal sexual…
Even Though Nanny raised Janie on certain values for love, Janie met Tea Cakes and found the love she has been longing for. In the novel the horizon symbolized Janie life opportunities. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie's grandmother teaching on love coupled with the fulfillment Tea Cakes love for Janie revealed that the only thing Janie needed in life was to be loved with understanding. Nanny's many views on love for Janie on love hindered Janie from finding true love. ¨Nanny had taken the…
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" Janie goes through a lot to find love and fulfillment in herself. It all starts with Nanny forcing her to marry Logan Killicks. Soon after she returns to Nanny and tells her that she is not in love with Logan physically and emotionally. Nanny disregards what Janie says and tells her that after a while the love part will come eventually. A year passes and Nanny dies so now Janie can go look for the man that shes been longing for. She then meets Jody as shes still…
In one notable case, a family is bereft of a central family member's support as result of selfishness. In "A Sorrowful Woman", while the protagonist, a wife and mother, does voice her feelings of guilt, she still abdicates all familial responsibilities in favor of her narcissistic pursuits. At first, the effects of her selfish decisions are inconsequential. For example, the husband is perhaps slightly inconvenienced, when she unexpectedly asks him to put their son to bed and read him a bedtime…