In life to discover our self-identity a person must show others what

one thinks or feels and speak his or her mind. Sometimes their opinions may be

silenced or even ignored. In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main

character Janie would sometimes speak her ideas and they would often make a

difference. The author, Zora Neale Hurston, gives Janie many chances to speak

and she shows the reader outcomes. When dealing with all of the different

people Jaine faced, she would find a way to speak her ideas, receive a response,

and through this exchange she developed her sense of self-worth.

When Janie found a way to speak her ideas, they would have an impact on

everyone. Though, Janie did not always speak her ideas. She would often do

something that made an impression on someone. The first real action Janie took

was to leave her husband, Logan Killicks. By doing this, she has shown the

community that a person can not always be happy with material things when she

Nukie. He quickly reassured her that he didn't, and there was nothing to be

speak her ideas and, receive a response and through this exchange she developed

he would not let her, and that made her feel like she was less of a person than

Janie received many responses from her family and friends, when she

under the pear tree. At the cost of Jody's embarrassment, Janie got smacked.

that her love for Tea Cake was so strong that she could not think about anything

her the confidence to pull the whole world onto her shoulders and she found

wants any love and any sympathy in dis world. You ain't tired to pacify nobody

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Approximate Word count = 717
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)