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    '." This information supports my essay because in my novel Janie is forced to marry Logan and then she married Jody. At the end she finally tell her who they like to get married and she decides to marry Tea Cake. Also in the article on Source 2, why early forced marriage happened and one of the reasons is that there is gender inequality speaks it. Janie finds gender inequality with Jody, because he expected her to act in a certain way, because he was the man in the house. Source 3: UN Publications

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    shows how she is finally making her own decisions about how to spend her time and energy. The second one to be confronted is Janie Crawford, however, unlike Edna, she is able to stand up for herself and exert her independence and self-worth. She puts Jody in his place by yelling at his treatment of

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    Jump City at night was very different from the Jump City of the daylight. It was akin to an enormous beast that lived in breathed in the sun but slept and stirred minimally during the dark. The sound of vehicles was a minor hum and the various noises that came with a large city were quiet, muted almost. The breeze that night was light and warm, comforting as it whipped past the two lone figures floating through the star speckled sky. The moving air roared sleepily in their ears. Gar loved it. He’d

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    In Babylon Revisited, F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces the reader to a character by the name of Charlie Wales. The reader learns that Charlie is a recovering alcoholic hoping to reestablish a relationship with his daughter, Honoria. Fitzgerald shows evolvement through the character of Charlie Wales. When readers are first introduced to Charlie, he is on his way to visit his daughter. Honoria has been living with her Aunt Marion and Uncle Lincoln after the death of Helen, Honoria’s mother and Charlie’s

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    relationship with Jody, she refrains from engaging in relationships for a long period of time until she meets Tea Cake. Tea Cake reopens Janie’s eyes by showing her the positive aspects of a healthy relationship. Tea Cake presents an easy-going, simple personality which Janie missed in her first two relationships. In their first few encounters, Tea Cake talks to Janie in a manner which levels both of them, unlike how her previous husbands spoke to her. He teaches her how to play checkers which Jody always forbid

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    Searching for an Inner-Self in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston a young girl named Janie begins her life unknown to herself. She searches for the horizon as it illustrates the distance one must travel in order to distinguish between illusion and reality, dream and truth, role and self? (Hemenway 75). She is unaware of life?s two most precious gifts: love and the truth. Janie is raised by her suppressive grandmother

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    90s, watching movies were essential components of life. Specifically, comedies were the heart of interest until teenage years. The notion of wanting to watch a film that resonated with self and culture seemed right. Classic lines such as "I hate you Jody", "Bye, Felecia", or "Eat the cake Anna Mae" were jocular moments that had deeper meanings after years of pondering on how African American women are showcased in Hollywood films. After analyzing the depth of the roles in which African American women

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    had no feelings for the man, “Please don’t make me marry Mr. Killicks (Hurston 15).” But Janie’s grandmother made her. That was not the true love that Janie wanted and ended up leaving Mr. Killicks. Then she married Jody, an entrepreneur that convinced Janie to travel with him. Jody created hit own little town that he become the governor of. At the beginning, they were both happy but as the town grew so did the responsibility. They began to nag as they got older and before long he died. Finally she

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    for love were revived in her second relationship with Jody Sparks, a smooth, ambitious, and powerful businessman who impressed her with his big dreams. “Janie pulled back a long time because he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees, but he spoke for far horizon. He spoke for change and chance” (29). Janie is reflecting on the images that represented desire from her youth and is willing to push them aside for change with Jody. Ironically, Janie has some reservations in this relationship

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    Janie Crawford is the protagonist their eyes were watching god . the novel witnessed her transformation from a naive girl to out spoken woman . Janie has physical and psychological changes that enable her to become an independent woman. Her skin is black but flaunts due to her mixed heritage of black and white. Janie is a symbol of feminism , a symbol of every black women who are rejecting man dominance and the restricted rules of the patriarchal society. Along with the novel Janie suffer

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