Their Eyes Were Watching God Janie's Character

With Hurston’s unique format and very symbolic tone, the novel clearly sets up the connection between Janie’s own life path and nature. As this was shown through sunny Eatonville in the summer and through the cow fighting for its life through the hurricane, there is no shortage of connections, which were excellent at aiding the telling of the novel. One specific connection that describes Janie is the connection of love and self-discovery that is shown through her and the pear tree.

In the novel,  Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, there are many recurring images, one of the most important images is Janie’s hair which represents her power strength, identity, her freedom,  and life experience. Her hair also is the cause of some conflicts like with Logan, Jody, and Tea Cake and helps develops who Janie is as character by showing us what she wants throughout this whole story.

Throughout the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, self-growth is evident in one specific character, Janie, by the help of her significant other. Teacake is an ideal mate for Janie because he helps her achieve freedom. Shortly after the two meet, Teacake automatically views Janie as an intelligent and able being instead of regarding her as inferior to the male race. Teacake offers Janie to a game of chess, and she cannot help but be fascinated over the thought that, “Somebody wanted her to play. Somebody thought it was natural for her to play. That was even nice” (Hurston 96). In general, men in Eatonville regard women as physically and morally weaker than men due to the strict basis of gender. On the other hand, Teacake notices that Janie has more to her than just looks and is bright enough to partake in common-folk activities without being

Janie’s character obtained strength in the movie when she did things that most women of her time would not have done and she would not have done in the book. When Joe and Janie Starks went to build the town of Eatonville, Janie helped out by carrying

Outside of my window, water pours down on the pavement below, filling the imperfections of the road with puddles and stripping away whatever dirt lays atop of it. Tomorrow morning, the water will be gone, and in its place, a fresh road, clean of any impurities. The road will get dirty again. But water will always return to start anew. For Janie, in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, water cleanses Janie of her past, preparing her for a new journey, while simultaneously freeing her from the past.

Buddha once stated, “No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.” This quote is related to Janie's journey in "Their Eyes Are Watching God," which shows her journey for self-discovery and freedom. Through her relationships and experiences, Janie defies societal norms to find her true voice and independence. The novel explores the value of rebirth, symbolizing Janie s ability to break free from the constraints of her past and societal expectations, embracing new beginnings. Her transformation and growth throughout the book reflect her resilience and the theme of starting anew despite all the challenges she faces.

Often in literature, the author sets the main character on a physical journey to divert attention away from the main character’s spiritual journey. In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, the main character, Janie, goes on a physical journey that not only challenges her sense of self, but also is vital in her life-long spiritual journey to personal liberation and self-empowerment. Janie’s relationships mark Janie’s migration toward fulfilling Hurston’s purpose of the piece: Janie becoming empowered and finds personal liberation. Hurston proves Janie’s physical journey plays a central role as Janie completes her spiritual quest to personal liberation and self-empowerment.

The world of Janie Crawford in Their Eyes Were Watching God was one of oppression and disappointment. She left the world of her suffocating grandmother to live with a man whom she did not love, and in fact did not even know. She then left him to marry another man who offered her wealth in terms of material possessions but left her in utter spiritual poverty. After her second husband's death, she claims responsibility and control of her own life, and through her shared love with her new husband, Teacake, she is able to overcome her status of oppression. Zora Neale Hurston artfully and effectively shows this victory over oppression throughout the book through her use of

Snakes and a Ladder In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, throughout the duration of Janie’s three marriages she learns to value faithful love and discovers her path to uncovering her identity. Although each marriage taught meaningful life lessons, Janie has suffered the consequences of mistreatment and abuse from Logan Killicks and Joe Starks. Both relationships allow Janie choices due to her self-improvement and realization of what man is needed for her to grow individually, instead of a man simply wanted for pleasure, wealth, and protection. Vergible Woods, known as “Tea Cake”, further accentuates Janie’s maturity as he properly treats her as an equal with affection and respect, which stands out in contrast to

She was perched by the gate “when the pollen glided the sun and sifted down on the world [... she expected] things” (25) to happen but then she learns another perspective in which the seeds were communicating with one another as they passed. This was “Janie’s first dream [dead and] became a woman”

People grow and develop at different rates. The factors that heavily influence a person's growth are heredity and environment. The people you meet and the experiences you have are very important in what makes a person who he/she is. Janie develops as a woman with the three marriages she has. In each marriage she learns precious lessons, has increasingly better relationships, and realizes how a person is to live his/her life. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie's marriages to Logan Killicks, Jody Starks, and Tea Cake are the most vital elements in her growth as a woman.

Throughout the book Janie struggles to find the true definition of love and how to make herself happy with her relationships. She goes through several different ideas of love before finding that it is mutual compassion, understanding, and respect that makes her the most happy.

Zora Neale Hurston had an intriguing life, from surviving a hurricane in the Bahamas to having an affair with a man twenty years her junior. She used these experiences to write a bildungsroman novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, about the colorful life of Janie Mae Crawford. Though the book is guised as a quest for love, the dialogues between the characters demonstrate that it is actually about Janie’s journey to learn how to not adhere to societal expectation.

    In Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie Crawford is the heroine. She helps women to deal with their own problems by dealing with hers. She deals with personal relationships as well as searches for self-awareness. Janie Crawford is more than a heroine, however, she is a woman who has overcome the restrictions placed on her by the oppressive forces and people in her life.

Zora Neale Hurston effectively used the symbol of the gate to display to the readers the beginning of a new outlook or change in Janie’s life. This symbol helped develop the character of Janie and clarifies the meaning of the story of Their Eyes Were Watching God which is about the self-discovery of women in the 1920s and