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"You know, honey, us colored folks is branches without roots and that makes things come round in queer ways. You in particular" (chapter 2).

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Nanny explains that, due to her skin color, life for Janie will consist of uniquely presented opportunities. This foreshadows the fate of Janie's eventful life, including the way her relationships turn out.

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"And Ah cant'd die easy thinkin' maybe de menfolks white or black is makin' a spit cup outa you" (chapter 2).

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As her mother and grandmother had their lives ruined by men, it seems that Janie's fate could possibly be the same.

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"...Ah is de Mayor...you ain't goin' off in dat mess uh commonness" (chapter 6).

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Joe uses his power of being mayor over Janie. He dictates Janie's life and controls her to fit his desires.

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"What with him biting down on cigars and saving his breath on talk and swinging round in that chair, it weakened people" (chapter 5).

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Joe's wealth and power over the town causes everyone to look up to him.

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"Where were the singing bees for her?...she searched as much of the world as she could from the top of the front steps and then went on down to the front gate..." (chapter 2).

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Janie has always dreamed of finding love, and persists in doing so throughout the novel.

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"She got nothing from Jody except what money could buy, and she was giving away what she didn't value" (chapter 7).

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Janie constantly struggles with love; in her long relationship with Jody, she falls out of love with him and only receives material things.

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""Dat school teacher had done hid her in de woods all night long, and he had done raped mah baby and run off just before day"" (chapter 2).

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Janie's family has a history of being taken advantage of by men; Janie's grandmother and mother were both impregnated against their will at a young age.

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""Ah was born back due in slavery so it wasn't for me to fulfill my dreams of whut a woman oughta be and do"" (chapter 2).

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Janie lives in a time when women can make their own decisions; this foreshadows Janie's life of independence.

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"They made burning statements with questions...words walking without masters; walking altogether like harmony in a song" (chapter 1).

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All of the people in Janie's communities gossip about and judge Janie.

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"The people who were pouring in were broke. They didn't come bringing money, they were coming to make some" (chapter 14).

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The community Janie fits best into works hard for what they have.

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""Hello, there, Jim...we been lookin' fuh you"" (chapter 19).

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The statement made by the white man shows the prevalence of the bigoted Jim Crow laws at the time.

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""Ah don't know nothin' but what Ah'm told tuh do, cause I ain't nothin' but uh nigger and uh slave"" (chapter 2).

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In both Janie's free generation and during the time of slavery, African Americans had to face degrading stereotypes and thoughts.

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"She untied it and flung it on a low bush beside the road and walked on, picking flowers and making a bouquet" (chapter 4).

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Janie's apron, representing her tie to Logan, is torn off; she is released from his hold and sets off in a more independent direction.

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"She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net...She called in her soul to come and see" (chapter 20).

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After her whirlwind of relationships, pain, emotion, and struggle, Janie is finally content and independent.

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"All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped" (chapter 16).

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God is constantly seen in the novel as a the maker of all events, as the characters are always looking at the situation (God) and waiting to see what will come of it.

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"They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God" (chapter 18).

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As the three huddle together and anticipate the storm's actions, they are watching God's actions.

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"'Yo' wife is a born orator, Starks...'Joe bit down hard on his cigar..." (chapter 6)

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Janie seldom speaks up around Joe, as he mainly wants her to sit around and look pretty.

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""If you can stand not to chop and tote wood Ah reckon you can stand not to git no dinner" (chapter 4).

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In every relationship Janie is able to use her voice to a certain extent. In her marriage to Logan, Janie had no problem openly speaking her mind.

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""Ah been wishin' so bad tuh git mah hands in yo' hair...feels jus' lak underneath uh dove's wing"" (chapter 11).

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Tea Cake, like many other men in the novel, admire Janie's soft and mixed hair.

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"This business of the head-rag irked her endlessly...her hair was NOT going to show in the store" (chapter 6).

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Janie's mixed hair confines her in that Joe wants it all to himself; he makes her keep it covered in public so that only he can see it at home.

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"Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches" (chapter 2).

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The pear tree, being prevalent in Janie's life since she was a young girl, serves as a symbol of her life and all it's events and emotions as she grows.

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"How? Why? It was like a flute song forgotten in another existence and remembered again" (chapter 2).

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The pear tree represents Janie's eventful and emotionally wild life, and foreshadows the memories that will be the only thing left behind of those she knew.

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"For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing..." (chapter 1)

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One of the things the horizon symbolizes is the unfulfilled wishes of men, and how this effects Janie's life and relationships.

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"So much of life in its meshes!" (chapter 20).

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For Janie, the horizon symbolizes hope and life; there is always something on the horizon.

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"The wind came back in triple fury, and put out the light...He meant to measure their puny might against His" (chapter 18).

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The hurricane symbolizes God, as it is ultimately determining the fate of the characters.

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"The monstropolous beast had left its bed" (chapter 18).

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The presence of the hurricane demonstrates its devastating effects on Janie's life. The monster is a symbol of the hurricane, as it is finally 'unleashed' and reeks havoc.