Symbolism in "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
- Pear trees represents Janie's development into a women.
- The mule symbolizes black women because the work of everyone else is dumped on them. In the story,Logan buys a mule for Janie to use to do his work for him.
- Relating to the metaphor at the beginning of the story the gate and the road symbolize opportunity.
- Eatonville general store represents the town becoming official.
- Lights in the town are illuminating the town's victory. They have moved up in power and so has Joe Starks.
- Joe and Janie's house is big while all the other homes are tiny. He looks like a plantation owner and all the towns people are his slaves.
- The tobacco spittoons represents Joe's power.
- The guitar shows the playful side of people.
- Overalls represent the working class.
- Janie's head rag symbolizes her bondage to Joe.
- Janie's braid symbolizes her freedom.
- The color blue represents Janie's proof of love to Tea Cake because he likes the color on her and she wears it for him.
- Hunting and fishing is symbolic of Janie and Tea Cake's ability to give and take in their relationship.
- Checkers represent Janie's equality with Tea Cake.
- The packet of seeds represents new life.
- The muck symbolizes rich culture.
- Hurricanes represents God's power.
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