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Looking back at the hurricane, this quote also shows the main idea that the hurricane implied; the idea that nature and fate does not care for human regards.  Here Janie clearly wishes that her and Tea Cake could have their happily ever after, but destiny did not allow for that to happen as Tea Cake is inevitably killed.  There is absolutely nothing Janie could have done to change the outcome of these events(just like during the hurricane where their eyes were watching god)  Nature and Destiny can bring either happiness or despair.

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"The pistol and the rifle rang out almost together.  The pistol just enough after the rifle to seem its echo.  Tea Cake crumples as his bullet buried itself in the joist over Janie's head"

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Janie has completely lived her life to the fullest.  While it did not the way she intended, she did achieve her dream of true love and happiness.  Now that she has lived her dream(or reach the horizon), all that is left is to sit down, relax and look back & indulge in her memories.

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"Ah done been tuh de horizon and back and now Ah kin set heah in mah house and live by comparisons. Dis house ain't so absent of things lak it used tuh be befo' Tea Cake come along. It's full uh thoughts, 'specially dat bedroom."

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Being forced to marry a man as awful as Logan Killicks, is ultimately destroying the idea of love that Janie believed to have finally understood. For one, she believed love was something that came naturally, but here she is being forced to marry which is giving her a sense of unease. Secondly, because love is the perfect relationship between two individuals, Janie is confused because  she can't picture herself having any sort of relationship with a man like Logan. Logan Killicks is ultimately destroying Janie's dream.

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"The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree but Janie didn’t know how to tell Nanny that. She merely hunched over and pouted at the floor."

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Janie finally removing her kerchief & revealing her hair is a symbol of her returning freedom & womanhood.  It also shows how after all of these trials and tribulations, Janie is now an even stronger woman, further expressing the idea of womanhood.

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"She tore off the kerchief from her head and let down her plentiful hair. The weight, the length, the glory was there."  p 87

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This quote talks about how we all say things that we don't really mean.  Sometimes on purpose, sometimes intentionally, lying is a part of human nature. This quote also shows the lack of communication and understanding in Joe & Janie's relationship.

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"But it’s awful tuh see so many people don’t want nothin’ but uh full belly and uh place tuh lay down and sleep afterwards. It makes me sad sometimes and then agin it makes me mad. They say things sometimes that tickles me nearly tuh death, but Ah won’t laugh jus tuh dis-incourage ‘em." Janie took the easy way away from a fuss. She didn’t change her mind but she agreed with her mouth. Her heart said, "Even so, but you don’t have to cry about it."

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Here, Joe is explaining that if they all just sit around and wait for fate to decide their future then they will simply get nowhere.  Joe believes that humans should not rely on God to decide their future, but instead take their fate into their own hands. He believes that the idea of destiny is nothing but a superstition.

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"They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God." p 160

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Here, the porch-sitters are questioning why Janie seems so independent & on her own. Back women were supposed to be extremely dependent on men for their power & strength, but now Janie has broken this stereotype by staying single & only relying on herself. Seeing Janie walk so freely & independently is giving the porch-sitters a feeling of unease.

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"What she doin coming back here in dem overhalls? Can’t she find no dress to put on? – Where’s dat blue satin dress she left here in? – Where all dat money her husband took and died and left her? – What dat ole forty year ole ‘oman doin’ wid her hair swingin’ down her back lak some young gal? – Where she left dat young lad of a boy she went off here wid? – Thought she was going to marry? – Where he left her? – What he done wid all her money? – Betcha he off wid some gal so young she ain’t even got no hairs – Why she don’t stay in her class? – "

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Here Mrs.Turner talks about how in the end its not about how much money you have, it's all about the color of your skin. Back at that time, if you were black, you could be the richest man in town and people would still look down on you. Back then black people were seen as animals who did nothing but laugh hysterically & speak nonsense. They were for the most part, treated like trash.

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"Tain't de poorness, it's de color and de features. Who want any lil ole black baby layin' up in de baby buggy lookin' lak uh fly in buttermilk? Who wants to be mixed up wid uh rusty black man, and uh black woman goin' down de street in all dem loud colors, and whoopin' and hollerin' and laughin' over nothin'?"

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Because Joe was a high class & powerful man, his funeral is very lavish. This quote emphasizes the theme of community by showing the various types of class & people that attend the funeral.

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"Joe’s funeral was the finest thing Orange County had ever seen with Negro eyes. The motor hearse, the Cadillac and Buick carriages; Dr. Henderson there in his Lincoln; the hosts from far and wide. Then again the gold and red and purple, the gloat and glamor of the secret orders, each with its insinuations of power and glory undreamed of by the uninitiated. People on farm horses and mules; babies riding astride of brothers’ and sisters’ backs. The Elks band ranked at the church door and playing "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" with such a dominant drum rhythm that it could be stepped off smartly by the long line as it filed inside. The Little Emperor of the cross-roads was leaving Orange County as he had come – with the out-stretched hand of power"

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This quote emphasizes the theme of history by going back to when Nanny was a slave & living in the plantation farms.

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"’Nigger, whut’s yo’ baby doin wid gray eyes and yaller hair?’" She begin tuh slap mah jaws ever which a’way. Ah never felt the fust ones ‘cause Ah wuz too busy gittin’ de kivver back over mah chile. But dem last lick burnt me lak fire. Ah had too many feelin’s tuh tell which one tuh follow so Ah didn’t cry and Ah didn’t do nothin’ else. But then she kept on astin me how come mah baby look white. She asted me dat maybe twenty-five or thirty times, lak she got tuh sayin’ dat and couldn’t help herself. So Ah told her, ‘Ah don’t know nothin’ but what Ah’m told tuh do, ‘cause Ah ain’t nothin’ but uh nigger and uh slave."

"Instead of pacifyin’ her lak Ah thought, look lak she got madder. But Ah reckon she was tired and wore out ‘cause she didn’t hit me no more. She went to de foot of de bed and wiped her hands on her handksher. ‘Ah wouldn’t dirty mah hands on yuh. But first thing in de mornin’ de overseer will take you to de whippin’ post and tie you down on yo’ knees and cut de hide offa yo’ yaller back. One hundred lashes wid a raw-hide on yo’ bare back. Ah’ll have you whipped till de blood runs down to yo’ heels! Ah mean to count de licks mahself. And if it kills you Ah’ll stand de loss. Anyhow, as soon as dat brat is a month old Ah’m going to sell it offa dis place.’"

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In this quote, Janie explains that love comes in different shapes & sizes.    No two kinds of love are the same.  Love is something that comes naturally, everyone feels & expresses it in different ways. While love may seem similar among people, it is never the same as it hits people in different ways.

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“Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.”

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This quote expresses the amount of power white people had back in the early 1900's.  Back then, the white people could do whatever they wanted & have whatever they wanted. In comparison to the whites, the blacks were completely powerless.

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"Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. Maybe it's some place way off in de ocean where de black man is in power, but we don't know nothin' but what we see…De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see." p 14

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During this scene, the people were being under the destructive force of the hurricane & were hopping for God to perform a miracle.  They had so much faith in God so they were waiting for him to rescue them and stop the hurricane.  They believed God was their only hope in survival.

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"Folkses, de sun is goin’ down. De Sun-maker brings it up in de mornin’, and de Sun-maker sends it tuh bed at night. Us poor weak humans can’t do nothin’ tuh hurry it up nor to slow it down. All we can do, if we want any light after de settin’ or befo’ de risin’, is tuh make some light ourselves. So dat’s how come lamps was made. Dis evenin’ we’se all assembled heah tuh light uh lamp."

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Ok so looking back at the pear tree event, the pear tree represented love, it represented the beauty in nature & the joy it can bring between two people, however on the contrary, the hurricane represented the danger & destruction that can be found in nature.  The hurricane also shows that humans cannot control or stop nature, now matter how much damage it brings.  If you read the quote, it showed that the people were looking up to the heavens, waiting for a miracle, meaning there was literally nothing they  could've done to stop the destructive and deadly force of nature.  Nature can bring both happiness and despair. (boom)

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"The wind came back with triple fury, and put out the light for the last time. They sat in company with the others in other shanties, their eyes straining against crude walls and their souls asking if He meant to measure their puny might against His. They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God." p 160

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Here Janie talks about the dreams that men have and what they do to peruse them. While some dreams come in with the tide and come true, some keep sailing until time runs out. This quote also expresses the idea of dreams vs reality. According to Janie, men have a ability in which they are able to dream, but once they come to a conclusion that their dream is unattainable or too far on the horizon they are able to move on and find a new, usually more realistic dream, on an even better horizon.  Women however are unable to do this as their lives are already planned out & so controlled by men that they simply have no need to dream. (boom)

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"Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men." p 1

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Janie witnesses a beautiful scene of nature which symbolizes the concept of true love: A beautiful perfect relationship between two beings in nature (in this case the bee & the flower).  It is during this event that Janie grasps the idea of  sexual desire and love.

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"She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was a marriage! She had been summoned to behold a revelation. Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid."  p 11

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"This business of the head-rag irked her endlessly. But Jody was set on it. Her hair was NOT going to show in the store. It didn’t seem sensible at all." p 55

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Janie's long black hair is a characteristic unique to her.  It represents, freedom, strength & womanhood. Joe forcing her to wear a head-rag represents how much he strips her of her freedom & how powerless he leaves her.

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Here Janie explains how during the day, the blacks are powerless & cannot speak for themselves because they are under the boss's control, but when it becomes night & the boss leaves, they are able to speak freely, their silence is finally broken.

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"The sun was gone…It was the time to hear things and talk. These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long. Mules and other brutes had occupied their skins. But now, the sun and the bossman were gone, so the skins felt powerful and human. They became lords of sounds and lesser things. They passed nations through their mouths. They sat in judgment." p 1

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Here Janie talks about how everyone should give their faith to God & trust in him, showing how important God & religion is to Janie & the people in her community

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“Two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves.” p 19

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Janie tearing off her kerchief from her head represents how she is no longer under the control of Joe & how she is finally a free, independent woman(just like she used to be before getting married).

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"She tore off the kerchief from her head and let down her plentiful hair. The weight, the length, the glory was there." p 87

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Nanny is explaining to Janie how in their world, the white man is the always the one in charge & the challenges they face through racism. The white man is the one who decides what happens.  Compared to the white men, black women are nothing more than animals, being their control.

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"Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. Maybe it's some place way off in de ocean where de black man is in power, but we don't know nothin' but what we see…De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see." p 14

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Here the story explores the community by putting focus on to the porch-sitters, the people who gossip & talk about practically everything they see. Here we begin to learn about the people in the community & their gossiping & nosy nature.

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"The people all saw her come because it was sundown. The sun was gone, but he had left his footprints in the sky. It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road. It was the time to hear things and talk." p 1

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It's not what is being said that matters here, but HOW it is being said. Throughout the story, the book is written very differently from most books. At first glance, it would seem like there are many grammatical errors, although this is not the case. This entire book portrays a theme of history by emphasizing the African-American accent & slang.  In the early 1900s this is the way a majority of African-Americans spoke.  The story does a fantastic job of going deep into African-American culture.

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"Mah Madam help me wid her just lak she been doin' wid you" p 19

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Janie witnesses a beautiful scene of nature which symbolizes the concept of true love: A beautiful perfect relationship between two beings in nature (in this case the bee & the flower).  It is during this event that Janie grasps the idea of  sexual desire and love.

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"She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was a marriage! She had been summoned to behold a revelation. Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid."  p 11

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The way Joe acts, he expresses himself as a powerful man of high-class.  This quote shows that the way you act & present yourself shows how powerful you are & in this case, Joe is perceived by others as a man of high-class.

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"It was a cityfied, stylish dressed man with his hat set at an angle that didn’t belong in these parts. His coat was over his arm, but he didn’t need it to represent his clothes. The shirt with the silk sleeveholders was dazzling enough for the world. He whistled, mopped his face and walked like he knew where he was going. He was a seal-brown color but he acted like Mr. Washburn or somebody like that to Janie." p 27

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Despite all the hardships & trials in her life, Nanny still entrusts herself in God and leaves her fate in his hands.  Nanny believes that whatever happens to her in the future is simply meant to be.

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"And when she gained the privacy of her own little shake she stayed on her knees so long she forgot she was there herself....Towards morning she muttered, "Lawd you know mah heart. Ah done de best Ah could do. De rest is left to you." p 24