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foreshadow upcoming events and to symbolize the mood and emotion of the characters. For example, rain is one of the causes of death in this story. In The Gift, Jody wishes that it does not rain before Thanksgiving. Jody’s father has told Jody that he can ride the pony on the day of Thanksgiving, because it will be all grown up by then. Jody tries to act on his father’s words, so he does not put his legs on the horse’s back, waiting for the day of getting upon Gabilan. However, “the brown earth turns

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neal Hurston, Janie Starks is a girl who has a hard time finding love through out the novel. Janie marries three very different men in her life. Their names are Logan Killicks, Jody Starks and Tea Cake. Each marriage is very different from the other. Janie learns different lessons from each of her three marriages. Each lesson is very useful to her. She learns that marriage does not lead to love, in order to have a good marriage, both partners must be treated

perspective on life, particularly on love. She starts off as a free-spirit that through the people in her life eventually becomes independent. Starting in the beginning, Nanny was the first figure that influenced Janie’s life to later progress onto Jody in regards of love and marriage. Nanny’s own beliefs of needing marriage for stability and wanting Janie to have a better life than what she had forced Janie into a marriage with Logan Killicks

a.k.a Jody, “… a cityfied, stylish dressed man” (Hurston 27). Jody talks to Janie about how she can make her feel like a woman, and proclaims a secret marriage. When Logan returns, he argues with Janie about their relationship, and the next morning Logan yells at Janie to help him shovel manure. Janie decides she has had enough and leaves Logan to get married to Jody, and run away with him. In chapter five, Jody and Janie escape to Eatonville, Florida where Mr. Jody Starks becomes Mayor Jody Starks

childhood friend, Jody, and wanted desperately for him to ask her to the school dance. La Vaughn admired everything about Jody, from his fresh chlorine smell (he was a swimmer), to his cheerful attitude. She admired most Jody’s desire and determination to attend college. La Vaughn waited anxiously for Jody to invite her to the dance as his date, but he never had the courage to. Finally, La Vaughn gathered the courage to ask Jody to the dance. To her delight, he agreed to her invitation. Jody and La Vaughn

Janie’s first two marriages with Logan Killicks and Jody Starks are not true relationships because they do not reach the eternal line of mutuality, which leads Janie to her last relationship in which she finally realizes the true sensation of love. Janie’s grandmother arranges Janie into a marriage with

Killicks, Joe Starks (Jody), and Vergible Woods (Teacake). She marries each of these men for different reasons. First, she marries Logan because her grandmother guilted her into marriage with him. In the book, on page 13, it says, “‘Brother Logan Killicks. He’s a good man too.’ ‘Nah, nanny, no ma’am…’” This is saying that Nanny wanted Janie to marry Logan, however Janie didn’t want to marry Logan. Secondly, Janie marries a man named Joe Starks, also known as Jody. She marries Jody because she doesn’t

the times in her life during which she cannot be a feminist are what ultimately make Janie an exemplar of feminist strength. Each of Janie’s three relationships helps her grow into a self-actualized woman. Janie suffers through the hands of Logan, Jody,

remain quiet and not be outspoken or attract attention. Jaine breaks free of the respective gender roles by her unwillingness to conform to man in her relationships and succeeding in breaking many of the conventional gender roles. Other characters like Jody, Logan, and Janie’s grandmother adhere to the gender roles/ stereotypes and enforce them. A gender role/ stereotype in Their Eyes Were Watching

story and doesn’t tell us the whole story so that we can think about what it could look like ourselves also. The central theme for Jody becoming more mature is the crux of this book. Through various events such as when caring about others and not just himself for example, Jody says, “Can I have a lemon to make a lemonade for Grandfather,”(p.100). In chapter one Jody realizes that Billy Buck isn’t always right since he said “oh sure! I’ll watch out for him if we get back in time. But it won’t rain