YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Male and Female Relationships in Cane by Jean Toomer and Jonahs Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston
Essays 31 - 60
the wind like a plume" (Hurston , p. 2). She is walking down the street of her hometown under the disapproving eyes of the townspe...
cultures," and is always a figure of evil (Champion). Delia is busy working, when she is frightened out of her wits: "Just then so...
first introduced to the condescending nature of men in general when one man says, in relationship to the state of the house, "Not ...
This research paper/essay pertains to the subject of sexual molestation and domestic violence in black literature. The writer disc...
Killicks, an much older, but a very successful man. For Janies grandmother, freedom equates with having the financial security to ...
"deplored any joyful tendencies" in her, she was "their Zora" (Hurston). She was a confident young girl and this was a very impo...
intelligent. She is made to remain aloof from all people in this relationship. The buzzards at this point could well be related to...
on charming it much as he believes he has charmed most of the towns women, and confining Delia to the home for years is comparable...
In six pages this essay compares and contrasts these two female authors' depiction of strong women protagonists in their respectiv...
the text of the pamphlet by Sean Wilentz, the chief aim of Walkers Appeal was to inspire American blacks "with a vision of hope an...
In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these literary works regarding the lasting impressions of the slave experience up...
In 9 pages the complexities of Janie Crawford's characterization are examined in this analysis of Their Eyes Are Watching God by Z...
her story, she shares that her grandmother, a very strict woman and set in her ways, decides that Janie should be married off to s...
modest eyes" (Hardy, 2002). As this suggests, Sue was highly conflicted over gender roles from the time she was first aware them. ...
are putting their own histories together, and finding out about who they really are. Mamas relationship with her two daugh...
leave him. Finally, Janie shares that when her grandmother passes away she seeks her own freedom and runs away from Logan. Many do...
with Sykes tormenting her with a whip that mistakes for a snake. This image carries with it the historical weight of slavery, as...
observation. The pear tree is a very powerful teacher for Janie. "Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in ...
dialect, plain speaking, and easily conversational (Bloom 95). The subject of local gossips whispers, the thrice-married Janie co...
her and keeps her confined out of jealousy. Things get worse as he begins to physically and emotionally abuse her. She eventual...
how Over three thousand die in the Macondo massacre, and the only surviving witnesses are Jose Arcadio Segundo and a small child. ...
card ready, as this seemed to impress people and verify that, yes, an African American could be a public accountant. Mentally, Ann...
Me" Hurston writes, "I remember the very day I became colored...But I am not tragically colored. Someone is always at my elbow rem...
and the house that she purchased with sweat and labor. However, Delia makes it clear that she will not be driven out. She tells hi...
husband who appears suddenly, as a snake it seems, which is represented by the whip he scares her with. In this we can symbolicall...
her we see this as representative of the Devil, but the Devil will, as Delia suggested, is going to make sure Sykes got what was c...
boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy(Roethke). This is...
are not representative of nature and he finds refreshment and nourishment in his memories, and now in his seeing nature again. ...
they move to a town that Joe commences to alter. He opens a store and becomes incredibly prosperous, but insists that Janie never ...
be rash and foolish for awhile. If writers, were too wise, perhaps no books would be written at all. Anyway, the force from somewh...