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SYMBOL: Janie's Hair
QUOTE: "What dat ole forty year ole 'oman doin' wid her hair swingin' down her back lak some young gal?" ( Chapter 1, Page 2)
ANALYSIS:
- her hair represents janie's own power and identity
- as a woman, it shows her control over

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Seeing a woman as she was:
"Words walking without masters; walking altogether like harmony in a song" (chapter 1/p.2)

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The Horizon. Page 1, and all over the book.
Represents the endless possibilities and opportunity that she has. It symbolizes her ambition.

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"woman is de mule (14). Hurston connects women with a mule, indicating the kind of treatment they got in the early 1900s. Mules are usually not treated well and work hard. This shows the struggle Janie has to go through in her life.

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the pear tree symbolizes for Janie the feeling she experienced directly while sitting beneath it – the sense of possibility in life for a connection between the self and the natural world, and the feelings of desire and love.
Quote:  "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!"

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symbol: ships at distance
quote: "ships at distance have every man's wish on board. for some they come in with the tide. for others they sail forever on the horizon" (1)
explanation: this symbol represents the reality of dreams becoming true, as well as dreams dying out. this represents the duality of humanity and how quickly one's fate can change. furthermore, the fact that some boats sail "forever" illuminates that people are constantly in pursuit of their dreams and choose not to give up.

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the bees: "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" (Hurston, 11).

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Palma Christi leaves
"The cooling palma christi leaves that Janie had bound about her grandma's head with a white rag had wilted down and become part and parcel of the woman" (Ch 2 pg 12).
Palma Christi means "Hand of Christ"It represents empathy, wisdom, and richness

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The sun: it symbolizes the essence of happiness and life.
Page: 1

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The Hair
"the great rope of black hair swinging to her waist and unraveling in the wind like a plume;"
represents her power and unconventional identity. It represents her strength and individuality in two ways:
showing her independence and defiance of petty community standards. And second her hair functions as a symbol of a typically masculine power and potency.  (2)

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Janie's hair: represents her resistance by breaking the societal standards of her town.  Pg.2

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The Pear Tree Throughout Chapter 2 - page 11
--> "Oh to be a pear tree - any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world! She was sixteen. She had glossy leaves and bursting buds and she wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her. Where were the singing bees for her?"
-->"Janie had spent most of her day under a blossoming pear tree in the backyard... ever since the first tiny bloom had opened. It had called her to come and gaze on a mystery."
--> The pear tree symbolizes Janie's sexual awakening as well as love. Janie spends most of her time near the pear tree towards the beginning of the book, which also shows inner peace, and curiosity.

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ships represent the dreams of men and how they are difficult to catch
page one
great tree in leaf shows her life page
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The ships: page 1
"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. Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly."
-Represents the fundamental difference being formed between men and women. Shows how women are willing to chase their dreams and foreshadows Janie's story where she does so.

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Pear Tree: "Interests"

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Sun and Night
"They sat on the boarding house porch and saw the sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the night emerged." (pg. 33)
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The Sun -  "The sun was gone, but he had left his footprints in the sky" (pg 1). The sun, in most cultures, is associated with masculine energies. Although the source of masculine energy (the sun) is gone, its influence (footprints) is still present.

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SYMBOL: pear tree
PAGE: 24
QUOTE: "Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think"
ANALYSIS: Explores the idea that marriage develops, like thoughts. The idea of development to fertility, like when one becomes married, the "goal" is to have children, is exemplified through the pear tree's symbolism

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The crack
"They sat on the boarding house porch and saw he sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the night emerged"
"Put me down easy, Janie, Ah'm a cracked plate"

Chapters 2 and 4
Pages 20 and 33

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Symbol: The angel with the sword
Page: 15
Quote: "One mornin' soon, now, de angel wid de sword is gointuh stop by here. De day and de hour is hid from me, bu it won't be long ... He done spared me to see de day."
Analysis: The angel represents the idea of darkness and death. Through the word choice, it is evident that Janie is the light in Nanny's life. Nanny is able to "hide" behind Janie. As Janie grows up, the darkness becomes more and more evident as the light goes away.

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The horizon:
"For other sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing..." (1)
The horizon represents new beginnings for Janie, leaving her old married life elsewhere.

The sundown:
"The people all saw her come because it was sundown. The sun was gone, but he had left his footprints in the sky" (1)
The sundown and how people only see her in it represent how Janie is only visible to the town when something ends for her.

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the ship on the horizon-  "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board." p.1
shows how hope is greatest when one is without knowledge

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Janie's hair represents her individuality and her longing to stand out, since her hair is unlike that of the other women: "The great rope of black hair swinging to her waist and unraveling in the wind like a plume..." (2)

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Symbol - Fresh New Things
Quote -"With new clothes of Silk and Wool"
This is said in the book when Janie is going with Joe to Green Cove Springs. Basically the clothes of silk and wool create an image in our head of a new beginning.
Chapter 4
Page 33

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The bees pollinating flowers:
"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" (Chapter 2 Pg. 11).

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