Adolescence is the most beautiful moment in life where one blossoms before wilting away of age. Along with many physical changes, adolescence also brings psychological change, such as the desire to find a place in society or love. The abundance of hormones in an adolescent causes them to make many mistakes, such as writing “I will finish this bs later” on an English paper. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God depicts vivid moments that depict the common mistakes teenagers make through the eyes of Janie Crawford as Janie sets off to find her own independence. One scene that I related to was the Janie’s first kiss with a local boy named Johnny Taylor.
“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. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; …show more content…
This is an important moment because it is also where she starts to achieve a strong sense of independence and we learn about her view of love. She says, “The thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace . . . the ecstatic shiver of the tree . . . So this was a marriage!”. Janie’s ideal relationship revolves around reciprocating love between partners, something that many of her past husbands lacked. From the dull Logan Killicks to the suppressive Jody Starks, she meets Tea Cake, who she describes as “the love thoughts of women. He could be a bee to a blossom—a pear tree blossom in the spring,” (page ). In contrast to the other spouses, Tea Cake’s presence reminds Janie of her kiss under the pear tree, as if he was the one that fit her ideal relationship back then. By the end of the novel, Janie’s awakening comes full circle as she is able to recognize her feelings, retain that passion, and create the bond she wanted when she was the girl under the pear
“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. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; …show more content…
This is an important moment because it is also where she starts to achieve a strong sense of independence and we learn about her view of love. She says, “The thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace . . . the ecstatic shiver of the tree . . . So this was a marriage!”. Janie’s ideal relationship revolves around reciprocating love between partners, something that many of her past husbands lacked. From the dull Logan Killicks to the suppressive Jody Starks, she meets Tea Cake, who she describes as “the love thoughts of women. He could be a bee to a blossom—a pear tree blossom in the spring,” (page ). In contrast to the other spouses, Tea Cake’s presence reminds Janie of her kiss under the pear tree, as if he was the one that fit her ideal relationship back then. By the end of the novel, Janie’s awakening comes full circle as she is able to recognize her feelings, retain that passion, and create the bond she wanted when she was the girl under the pear