contentment is shown in Hurston’s imagery of a pear tree‚ which represents nature’s beauty. The pear tree represents Janie’s idealized views of nature‚ as it demonstrates her naive and romantic character which constantly seeks true love‚ and her idealism of the harmony in a marriage based upon love as she travels a path of self-discovery throughout the novel. She was lying across the bed asleep so Janie tipped on out of the front door. Oh to be a pear tree—any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing
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novel but a significant role in Jamie quest to reach her dream of love‚ independency and security within herself. In the beginning of the book‚ Hurston foreshadows the issue of Jamie’s quest for love. “She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees‚ the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze and the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She was a dust bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch
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old man stooped‚ craving a sip‚ time and again the water vanished‚ swallowed down‚ laying bare the caked black earth at his feet – some spirit drank it dry. And over his head leafy trees dangled their fruit from high aloft‚ pomegranates and pears‚ and apples glowing red‚ succulent figs and olives swelling sleek and dark‚ but as soon as the old man would strain to clutch them fast a gust would toss them up to the lowering dark clouds. (11.669-680) I chose this passage because I thought
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voice of authority on a level of self-authorization.It is falsely criticized that every time Janie has an opinion or speak up‚ she seems to get shut down and repressed. Throughout her life‚ she sought out the dreams that she had experienced under the pear tree. She felt that love should be beautiful and gentle‚
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the pear tree to illustrate to the readers the many trials of which her characters overcome. Zora Neale Hurston utilizes symbolism in Their Eyes Were Watching God to portray Janie Crawford as a character who realizes that‚ through hard work and perseverance‚ one may find out who he or she really is on the inside rather than the imperfections on the outside. In the beginning of Their Eyes‚ Hurston cleverly uses a pear tree as one of her many uses of symbolism. Janie discovers this pear tree
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Neale Hurston displays a mastering of symbolism in her most important work‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God. Symbols take the form of people‚ objects‚ and events‚ adding to the color and meaning of the story. Throughout the book‚ Hurston uses symbols of a pear tree‚ the horizon‚ Janie’s hair‚ the mule‚ and the devastating hurricane to express the character’s traits‚ struggles‚ and circumstances. The symbols help the reader understand the meaning of the story and are crucial in interpreting the novel. The
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the end of her journey into finding her identity. At the start of the novel Janie is but a young girl dreaming about the adventures to come in life;A new flourishing pear tree with youthful green leaves and singing bees all around ‚raising its branches towards the summer sun filled future it hopes to be a part of. “Oh to be a pear tree-any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world! She was sixteen.She had glossy leaves and bursting buds and she wanted to struggle with
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specific symbols. They talked about the use of a pear tree‚ hair‚ and most importantly‚ the mule. It focused primarily on the mule aspect of the novel. By the end of the book‚ Janie recognizes that she deserves to be respected‚ but needs to be self-sufficient. “Their Eyes Were Watching God is widely acclaimed as the best novel by Zora Neale Hurston‚ and a classic of Afro-American
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Their Eyes Are Watching God compared and contrasted to the bible The novel‚ “Their Eyes Were Watching God‚” can be considered to be a biblical novel. Based off my observation when reading the book “Their Eyes Were Watching God‚” it describes and reference to some religious events and symbolism. The way that Janie overcame some situation that she encountered is because of her spiritual connection. Some events that she been through‚ can be compared to some events that took place in the Bible such
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feel that I did not do as well in Criterion B: Presentation. For Criterion A: Knowledge and Understanding of the Work‚ I would rate myself at an 8. I think I deserve this rating because during my presentation and the Q and A session‚ I related the pear tree scene to the characterization of Janie. This task requires a strong knowledge and understanding of the novel. I would have rated myself higher‚ but I forgot to include how my scene relates to the novel as a whole in my presentaion. For Criterion
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