Document Type
Essay
Publication Date
Spring 4-16-2019
Scholarship Domain(s)
Scholarship of Interdisciplinary Integration
Abstract
In Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, the pear tree is seen as a symbol of Janie Crawford's sexuality and self-discovery. However, the pear tree can also be used to analyze Hurston's use of flipped gender roles and Freud's theories on physical maturation. Janie takes on the role of the bee, rather than the flower she wishes to be, in order to go through her journey to self-discovery and change Eatonville by sharing what she has learned.
Recommended Citation
Mohler, Lauren, "The Boys and the Bees" (2019). Student Scholarship – English. 4.
https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/engl_stsc/4
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Comments
This essay is a Departmental Honors project for the Department of English at Olivet Nazarene University.