English Language & Literature

1. TEWWG explores the theme of love and independence through Janie's various relationships including her journey for self-awareness and discovery. Janie's first relationships are indicative for recognizing what she truly desires for herself and in Jody's death, she understands the possession she now has of herself. Tea Cake is able to offer Janie the equality similar to her ideology of the perfect union from the pear tree analogy, however, this relationship's other flaws introduce to her the need for her own independence. Within Tea Cake's death, Janie is able to recognize the values from this relationship in their equality and her own self-awareness, enabling her to continue on this journey whilst the memories of Tea Cake continue to push her. The revelation she comes across is the possibility for independence and love to coexist which was thought originally unplausible. 2. Although racism is not of the biggest significance of this novel, Hurston does incorporate...

How could Wallace's theory be applicable to Their Eyes Were Watching God? Wallace's theory in 'this is water' can be applied in some aspects of 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' as the novel follows the journey of the human experience through the life of Janie Starks and the importance of self-awareness, in which both texts stress the importance of. Wallace in 'this is water' provides a pessimistic view of the monotonous adult life in which he believes the population succumbs to living in their inaccurate thinking of the world and of others. Through this lens, he is able to appeal to its readers through logos as he uses imagery in detailed explanations of very relatable scenarios in which the audience feels that this tedious lifestyle is inevitable unless we follow his theory. His idea is that real freedom is through one's ability to be selfless and empathic towards others as our 'default setting' is to think that the world revolves around us ...