Author
Hurston says she was born in Eatonville although this is debated (biography.com).
She had many marriages and divorces in her own life (http://zoranealehurston.com).
She faces sexism in her life and thought that women get power through men, which is similar to the ideology Janie faces (biography.com).
Her father was a three-term mayor (encyclopedia.com).
When she was 14 she was on her own, thus making her an independent person (encyclopedia.com).
Subject
“sympathy” (24)
“love” (8)
“suffer” (128)
“death” (21)
“pear tree” (12)
Larger Occasion
Jeanette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to U.S. congress in 1916 (wikipedia.org).
Demonstrates the power of women and their independence, which Janie struggles with.
The 19th Amendment passes, …show more content…
This is something Janie references and thinks about throughout her life.
The idea of the “pear tree” might have been what inspired Janie to come out of her relationship with Joe as she did. She realizes that Joe was not the person who she would have a “pear tree” relationship with.
Imagery
“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 when the inaudible voice of it all came to her” (13).
The phrase “the gold of the sun” creates a warm feeling and the reader can easily picture the scenery of this setting.
Using the personification of “the alto chant of the visiting bees” and “the panting breath of the breeze…”, the reader can use senses to visualize and hear the surroundings.
“...the great rope of black hair swinging to her waist and unraveling in the wind like a plume...” (3).
Her hair swinging like a “rope” provides an image much different than the other women in town, showing her liberation.
Using this description of Janie in the beginning gives the reader the idea that Janie is an attractive woman, and foreshadows some of the situations with men she encounters through the
Hurston says she was born in Eatonville although this is debated (biography.com).
She had many marriages and divorces in her own life (http://zoranealehurston.com).
She faces sexism in her life and thought that women get power through men, which is similar to the ideology Janie faces (biography.com).
Her father was a three-term mayor (encyclopedia.com).
When she was 14 she was on her own, thus making her an independent person (encyclopedia.com).
Subject
“sympathy” (24)
“love” (8)
“suffer” (128)
“death” (21)
“pear tree” (12)
Larger Occasion
Jeanette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to U.S. congress in 1916 (wikipedia.org).
Demonstrates the power of women and their independence, which Janie struggles with.
The 19th Amendment passes, …show more content…
This is something Janie references and thinks about throughout her life.
The idea of the “pear tree” might have been what inspired Janie to come out of her relationship with Joe as she did. She realizes that Joe was not the person who she would have a “pear tree” relationship with.
Imagery
“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 when the inaudible voice of it all came to her” (13).
The phrase “the gold of the sun” creates a warm feeling and the reader can easily picture the scenery of this setting.
Using the personification of “the alto chant of the visiting bees” and “the panting breath of the breeze…”, the reader can use senses to visualize and hear the surroundings.
“...the great rope of black hair swinging to her waist and unraveling in the wind like a plume...” (3).
Her hair swinging like a “rope” provides an image much different than the other women in town, showing her liberation.
Using this description of Janie in the beginning gives the reader the idea that Janie is an attractive woman, and foreshadows some of the situations with men she encounters through the