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Emely Gonzalez Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston AP Literature - Pd.3 Topic 3 All forms of life commence as a seed, hoping to grow into a mature tree with a solid foundation, firm limbs, and distinctive leaves. In order to reach desired growth, one must be watered with the earth’s nutrients and acquire the sun’s vital rays. These paramount provisions symbolize nurture, independent or parental, and allows an individual to learn, experience, to flourish. The trunk of the

The times in which “Their Eyes Were Watching God” took place were extremely difficult for a black woman to live in let alone find her voice. Zora Neale Hurston uses symbols throughout “Their Eyes Were Watching God” to explain events, rather than sating them. She interprets many important aspects of life and turns these events into symbols throughout the novel. Hurston uses the horizon and the pear tree as symbols to illustrate, clarify, and intensify abstract concepts in the novel such as Janie’s

(AGG) Stars have always held a celestial view about them, whether it is relating to the goodness they bring, or the evil that follows. (BS-1) In Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples, both her main characters have connections through the stars, and the author uses this connection to provide a deeper meaning. (BS-2) She does the same when Najmah, the younger character, travels, using the stars to symbolize the guidance she looks for ever so often. (BS-3) The author continues to use symbolism

In each relationship that Janie has become more mature and her identity begins to change. Along her journey, she encounters glimpses of happiness and in the end, she is truly happy. And she finally gains the love like that between the bee and the blossom. Throughout the novel, Janie searches for the love that she has desired from her adolescent years. A depiction of love represented by her grandmother's pear tree where bees and blossoms connect. The pear tree symbolizes her blossoming sexuality

In the book Speak the Trees describe life and growth for Melinda. In the beginning of the novel, Melinda is assigned to draw trees for a year long art project. She struggles to draw realistic trees, frustrated that she “can’t bring it to life”. This represents her depression and struggle. The tree symbolizes the danger Melinda’s faces in letting her pain overtake every aspect of her life. As Melinda begins to heal, her tree drawings become richer and more detailed, symbolizing her own growth. In

This quote shows how confident Janie is with her appearance. She believes she was a beautiful woman. The reader can see that this phrase has a deeper meaning of how Janie feels toward her character. Women are able to ensure a way to see themselves live out their dream. In order to reconstruct their past they have to forget some aspect of their lives. Janie sees that her dreams were more idealistic compared to what her life tured out to be. The tree contains both suffering and joy. The author implies

1. The metaphor used to describe Janie is very symbolic. Earlier in the novel she is described as a tree with beautiful branches and floweers, now she is described as, "a rut in the road." this is very symbolic because it shows the contrast of something very beautiful and natural changing into something industrialized and out of place. 2. In the shop Janie makes a mistake when giving a customer tobacco and Joe verbaly degrades her in front of the entire store. Janie snaps due to her holding in her

Hurston uses the tension between male and female figures in Janie’s life to promote her emotional growth and maturity. Janie’s spiritual journey traces back to her moment under the pear tree. Janie’s moment under the pear tree is an important symbol that defines the center of Janie’s quest throughout the novel. Her experience under the tree serves as the standard sexual and emotional fulfillment that she desires. The tree mirrors standard gender stereotypes as it references the tree waiting for the

What comes to your mind when you think of a tree? Trees appear a lot in Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. They are one of the most frequent symbols in the novel. Symbolism is giving certain symbols deeper meanings to portray something in the text. In Speak, Melinda’s paintings of trees are symbols, as well as the tree in her front yard. Anderson uses trees to show Melinda’s different phases and her growth. Melinda’s paintings of trees are symbols in Speak. Her artwork describes how she feels. After

In Their Eyes were Watching God, the pear tree is described as Janie's idealized view of nature. In that moment, while Janie watches a perfect moment in nature, interactions between the pear trees’ flowers and bees’. The author uses the pear tree to demonstrate the idealistic vision of love and it made her reflect off of her relationships. The tree gave Janie the knowledge of love which she spends her entire life finding. The pear tree gave her this image of love, “So this was a marriage! She had