Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie's Great Identity Search
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In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, there
are many lessons on a person's search for identity. Janie's search for identity
throughout this book is very visible. It has to do with her search for a name,
and freedom for herself. As she goes through life her search tak ....
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.... she started piecing together
what she knew of her odd identity. Then one day she saw herself in a photograph
and noticed that she looked different, that she had dark skin, and she said,
"before Ah seen de picture Ah thought Ah wuz just like de rest." From this
point, Janie fell into somewhat of a downward spiral, setting her off of the
path toward finding her own identity in society. Finally when she was older
Nanny saw her doing somethings under the pear tree that she thought were
unaccep ....
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