Literature analysis #1

 

General:

1. Janie Crawford, the protagonist, is a black woman who comes back to her hometown after being gone for a long time. She returns without her husband Teacake and this gives the townspeople a reason to gossip and talk behind her back. The townspeople eventually begin to spread a rumor that Teacake took her money and left her so she came crawling back to her town. When pheoby, her close friend, goes to visit her, Janie tells her how she has been raised by her grandmother but has the primary purpose of marrying Jaine off.  Her grandmother marries her off to Logan Lillicks who is old and doesn't have any respect for her. Feeling is treated she meets a an by the name of  Joe Starks. after a couple of weeks of knowing him she runs off and marries him. Once they are married, Jody becomes the mayor. The power gets to his head and he does not allow Jaime to talk to normal townspeople.  After years of not being heard by her husband, she is berating him and he passes away.  not too long after his death Janie is with Teacake and get married. One night, Teacake taker her money and leaves her alone. Jodie begins to think that he doesn't love her and is only in it for the money. They remain together and after a while they move to the Everglades. When a hurricane hits everglades hey try to flee and Teacake is bit by a rabid dog. a couple of weeks later he falls ill due to the bite and becomes mad. he blames Jodie of cheating on him and as he tries to shoot her with a pistol she is forced to save her life and end his. she is put on trial but is proven innocent. After that she returns to her hometown where the town awaits her to bad mouth her and make her feel unwelcome without even knowing what she has gone through.

2. The main theme in this novel was a relationship of love versus a woman's independence. Although Janie is constantly falling in love with different men and trying to find the right one, she still wants to feel the sense of independence.she believes t hat when she is in a relationship she feels restrained and pushes the man away. when she is alone she is content. After Jody passes away, she feels free and independent. 

3. The authors tone is loving when she talks about her grandmother and how much she loves her. It is loving when the author talks about how Janie's grandmother is very dedicated to her. The author tone is passionate when Janie talks about how she is developing feelings for a man. she talks about Joe starks and how he is a smooth-tongued ambitious man who treats Janie kindly. The authors tone is also frustrating because Janie cant seem to find happiness throughout the novel.

4. The author uses perspective in her novel because the story is told from the protagonists point of view. most of the story is about Janie and her life story so it is told in her perspective. The author uses Bildungsroman because theme is the moral or psychological growth of Janie. The author uses colloquialism when Janie spoke. Janie used words that were not used around the word and more used in her culture and where she lived. The author also used In medias res by opening the story towards he end of the story where Janie was already returning to her home town. requiring filling in past details by exposition
or flashback.The author uses imagery when the protagonist Jamie is talking about what she has gone through and why she has returned to town.