Samatar Yussuf
AP Lit
Mrs.Satterwhite
11/24/15
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD Throughout the novel Janie has been battling outside forces, whether it’s someone trying to stop her or her own demons chasing her. At the end of the novel when she confronts her beloved is when she realizes that she is stronger than she thinks. And these events that lead up to the ending is the reason why i think the novel has an appropriate ending. Janie eventually realizes that she is control of her own life,and gains the strength to find her voice and at the end is finally is at peace with herself.
Janie has always been protected from the world since she was young and this is why she yearns for freedom. When janie is young her Nannys love comes in the form …show more content…
Joe however is not the man Janie thought who he was, it becomes apparent that Joe did not take Janie for love but for show. After being married just a short time, however, Janie realizes that she is once again lacking the love that she has longed for. The “love” that Janie experiences with Joe is a possessive. Joe views Janie as a possession, a trophy. He expects Janie to follow his orders, just as the townspeople follow the laws he creates as mayor. Joe forbids Janie to interact with the people or to evenplay checkers on the porch of the crossroads store. Janie feels trapped by Joe, but she stays with him. As Joe treats Janie as his possession instead of his wife, Janie gains an inner strength. Her strength bubbles up, and one day she stands up for herself to Joe in the presence of the towns folk. This act is Janie's first significant sign of her real strength. Her strength and independence grow as Joe becomes weaker. Although he banishes Janie, she stays with him anyway. As Joe is dying, Janie reveals to him that he is not the man that she ran off with years ago. She tells Joe that he has never been able to accept her for the person that she really is. Ironically, Janie finds strength in Joe's death. Finally, she is free of the man who trapped her in a loveless marriage. Janie defines her freedom after Joe's death by removing the scarf from her head to let her hair …show more content…
But that is suddenly taken away from her when she has to kill Teacake to save her life. At the end of the novel during that moment she kills teacake she finds out how strong she really is. The story comes back to the conversation with pheoby who is Janie’s only real friend. she tells her that she is satisfied to be home, as she has "been tuh the horizon and back." Janie expresses the fact of the judgments she will face now, but that she is strong enough to withstand it all without pain, as she has found and understood love and feels fulfilled in her
AP Lit
Mrs.Satterwhite
11/24/15
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD Throughout the novel Janie has been battling outside forces, whether it’s someone trying to stop her or her own demons chasing her. At the end of the novel when she confronts her beloved is when she realizes that she is stronger than she thinks. And these events that lead up to the ending is the reason why i think the novel has an appropriate ending. Janie eventually realizes that she is control of her own life,and gains the strength to find her voice and at the end is finally is at peace with herself.
Janie has always been protected from the world since she was young and this is why she yearns for freedom. When janie is young her Nannys love comes in the form …show more content…
Joe however is not the man Janie thought who he was, it becomes apparent that Joe did not take Janie for love but for show. After being married just a short time, however, Janie realizes that she is once again lacking the love that she has longed for. The “love” that Janie experiences with Joe is a possessive. Joe views Janie as a possession, a trophy. He expects Janie to follow his orders, just as the townspeople follow the laws he creates as mayor. Joe forbids Janie to interact with the people or to evenplay checkers on the porch of the crossroads store. Janie feels trapped by Joe, but she stays with him. As Joe treats Janie as his possession instead of his wife, Janie gains an inner strength. Her strength bubbles up, and one day she stands up for herself to Joe in the presence of the towns folk. This act is Janie's first significant sign of her real strength. Her strength and independence grow as Joe becomes weaker. Although he banishes Janie, she stays with him anyway. As Joe is dying, Janie reveals to him that he is not the man that she ran off with years ago. She tells Joe that he has never been able to accept her for the person that she really is. Ironically, Janie finds strength in Joe's death. Finally, she is free of the man who trapped her in a loveless marriage. Janie defines her freedom after Joe's death by removing the scarf from her head to let her hair …show more content…
But that is suddenly taken away from her when she has to kill Teacake to save her life. At the end of the novel during that moment she kills teacake she finds out how strong she really is. The story comes back to the conversation with pheoby who is Janie’s only real friend. she tells her that she is satisfied to be home, as she has "been tuh the horizon and back." Janie expresses the fact of the judgments she will face now, but that she is strong enough to withstand it all without pain, as she has found and understood love and feels fulfilled in her