Their Eyes Were Watching God 4
Unlike The Odyssey or any other epic tales, Their Eyes Were Watching God has a different perspective of what a hero is. In this novel, Hurston writes a story about an African-American woman named Janie Crawford whose quest is to find her identity and desire as a human being to be loved and appreciated for who she is. Her quest to fulfill those desires is not easy since she has to overcome so many obstacles and challenges in her life. A superiority that her Nanny posses over her to determine Janie's own life when she was a teenager and being a beautiful accessory to the glory of Joe Starks' are some of the experience that she encounters. She also has to make some sacrifices. And yet, just like any other heroes, at the end, she returns to her home with a victory on her hands. Janie who continually finds her being defined by other people rather than by herself never feels loved, either by her parents or by anybody else. Her mother abandoned her shortly after giving birth to her. All she had was her grandmother, Nanny, who protected and looked after her when she was a child. But that was it. She was even unaware that she is black until, at age six, she saw a photograph of herself. Her Nanny who was enslaved most o
Life is a journey. Some people complete it and return home, others do not even take the first step. Women live in a dream, they tend to forget what they don't want to remember and remember what they do not want to forget. Janie always dreamed to love, be loved and appreciated for who she was. Having been married for two years with Tea Cake fulfilled those dreams. With that, she returned to Eatonville. Except God, nothing else is eternal. And for Janie that means her two years of happiness with Tea Cake is a sacrifice. A hurricane hits the town of the Everglades-and the world of Janie, Tea Cake, and those of the migrants were destroyed. In the struggle for life, Tea Cake still saved Janie and the dog that Janie wanted him to save. Unfortunately, by doing that he had to give his own life. The dog bit when he tried to save it and it infected him with a serious illness later on. A doctor came and tried to save his life. Yet, it was too late. As hopeless as he was and in the fury of his illness, Tea Cake struggled with Janie as he threatened her with the six-shooter. She defended herself with the riffle. His pistol and her rifle fired simultaneously. Tea Cake fell forward and buried his teeth in Janie's forearm, as she caught him. Nanny's biggest mistake is that she never consults with Janie about what she wants in life. Janie's second husband, Joe Starks, is a repeat of Janie's unhappiness in marriage. At first, Janie looked at Joe as a man who would offer her an escape from her loveless marriage w
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Approximate Word count = 1029
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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