Symbolism in Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Symbolism in THeir Eyes were watching God seems to be a major point in the novel.By tying in so many different symbols in this novel, it has revealed so many hidden characteristics and felings that are intangible to the reader unless figured out by the reader. Hurston is known for tying other things of people into her stories by being sneaky and using many types of symboles. Thier Eyes Were Watching God is filled with symbols, such as a pear tree, a fence gate, and Janies beautiful hair, which all tie into sparking a young girl's quest for self fulfillment as she discovers the true meaning of love.
The strongest symbol in Their Eyes were watching God is the pear tree. The pear blosson is a representation of Janie, as she is a young girl blossoming into a grown woman on a spring day. Hurston explains this symbol while describing janie as "a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, evjoyed, done, and undone." Throughout the novel, she refers the blossoming pear tree to her ideal relationship and could be a reason to find her true love.
The second symbol is the appearance of a fence-gate before a critical life change that is also important to Janie's search for self-identity. In today's society, gates usually have to deal with new steps or episodes of life, but in Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston has Janie near a gate at certain times in the plot...