Zora Neale Hurston Character Analysis

In Zora Neale Hurston's novel , Janie is encouraged to develop her own personality throughout her life . And she is forced to keep moving on after her parents left her then her nanny and the three men she married . That allows her the opportunity to move from place to place and explore new things , it causes her to see that she shouldn’t have to depend on anyone to survive. The pear tree represents janie’s views of nature as it show her naive and romantic character which seeks true love all the time . Threw all her three marriages she goes threw a lot but that helps her become independent . Janie’s experience under the tree it becomes the symbol of janie's voice throughout the novel . she likens her experience under the shade of the tree and janie begins her quest for happiness through all three relationships …show more content…
Janie just wanted to find love the whole time and she found it with tea cake but it lasted a short time . Her first marriage she only did it because nanny didn't want her around johnny Taylor so she married logan killiks and he justed wanted her to help around with the crops . Her second marriage was joe starks and he was a businessman and became mayor of a little place he built . Janie is characterized as naive because she isn’t afraid to do things and she speaks her mind when she needs to do . She shot her own husband to save hers . And she has money stored just in case she needs it if her husband left her so the whole time in the book she didn’t need a man but she just wanted to see what it felt like to be loved and for her to love . She gets along with everyone she meets and she is very flirtatious with men . When she moved with her husband she got well with anyone and some ladies envied her