From the book written by author Neale Hurston, “Their eyes were watching God”, the author numerous times have used a main character named Janie to illustrate a universal message to readers of what it would take to be an independent person. And throughout the novel readers begin to notice how Janie as a person growing up have always questioned her identity alongside with society's expedition of how a woman should behave. And by living up to her mother's expectations, Janie has lost her voice and have forgotten about what it would take to be individually free which predominantly suggest that by not breaking the traditional values of society, independence may never be achieved. By the time Janie was married she had already lost her voice. And
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This was a result of Janie taking complete control of her own life when Joe had passed away. The dramatic change occurs when Janie came to her senses and said that “she liked being lonesome for a change. [And Her] freedom feeling was fine” meaning that she in her own state of mind, was finally settling with what made her happy and what did not, rather than letting society decide for how she should feel. For example, when Joe had died everyone had expected her to grieve for her dead husband but instead, she chose to rejoice. Tea Cake is also partly responsible for why Janie had managed to pave her own path towards independence as she had ended up marrying him within a very short period of time based on her own decision. His influence had also made her independent in the sense that she chose to move from her upper class town to a much lower class town in order to live with him and then eventually moving back. The criticism Janie had to deal with when she moved back to her town is evidence of her substantial growth in personal freedom that she had come to achieve. At the end when she had come back everyone was in shock not because of her personal growth, but because Janie was not fitting to their standards and expectation of women. People were questioning her appearance as a result. What is even more brilliant about the final part of the chapter was the Janie had
This was a result of Janie taking complete control of her own life when Joe had passed away. The dramatic change occurs when Janie came to her senses and said that “she liked being lonesome for a change. [And Her] freedom feeling was fine” meaning that she in her own state of mind, was finally settling with what made her happy and what did not, rather than letting society decide for how she should feel. For example, when Joe had died everyone had expected her to grieve for her dead husband but instead, she chose to rejoice. Tea Cake is also partly responsible for why Janie had managed to pave her own path towards independence as she had ended up marrying him within a very short period of time based on her own decision. His influence had also made her independent in the sense that she chose to move from her upper class town to a much lower class town in order to live with him and then eventually moving back. The criticism Janie had to deal with when she moved back to her town is evidence of her substantial growth in personal freedom that she had come to achieve. At the end when she had come back everyone was in shock not because of her personal growth, but because Janie was not fitting to their standards and expectation of women. People were questioning her appearance as a result. What is even more brilliant about the final part of the chapter was the Janie had