1. Self-Actualzation in Their Eyes Were Watching God
Janie Crawford, in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching G-d, embarks on a journey towards self-actualization. ... She was a free spirit, unlike her mother and grandmother. ... She rarely spoke, until one day her frustration could no longer be contained, "Janie did what she had never done before, that is, thrust her self into the conversation" (Hurston,75). This is the first time that we really see Janie find her voice and the ability to change and discover that what she has been looking for. ... Jody dies, and instead of crying Janie rips off her head-rag, symboli...
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