Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston And Of...

Companionship Is Key Companionship is a fundamental necessity for human beings to function. People thrive off of social interactions and without companionship, loneliness and alienation would prevail. Everyone wants the same things in life which are love, social acceptance and companionship, in the hope that once these things are obtained one will feel complete. In the novels Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, readers witness the characters struggle to find their identity while also trying to meet the need for partnership. In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, readers see the main character Janie, grow as a women while showing that marriage does not always mean love and that until†¦show more content†¦The marriage is unsatisfying and lonely for Janie. Janie â€Å"...knew things that nobody had ever told her...the words of the trees and the wind. She often spoke to falling seeds and said, ‘Ah hope you fall on soft ground,’à ¢â‚¬  (25). She spoke and connected with nature because she was still searching for the kind of love she had witnessed when laying under the pear tree when she was younger. After a big fight with Logan, Janie meets a man named Jody Starks who is charming and charismatic. He is extremely intelligent and Janie leaves Logan for him because even though â€Å"he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees...he spoke for far horizon. He spoke for change and chance. (28). Janie has not been able to find herself in her marriage with Logan because there was no real connection, she hopes to find love resembling the pear tree with Jody. Unfortunately Janie’s dreams of finding love with Jody fall flat. Jody is controlling and restricts Janie from expressing herself and he further isolates her from society. In Of Mice and Men, readers are introduced to two ranch hands Lennie and George. George had been put in charge of mentally disabled Lennie, many years ago when his aunt had passed away. George and Lennie always stick together because â€Å"Guys like [them], that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don t belong no place...They ain t got nothing toShow MoreRelatedThe 20th Century A Revitalization Of Mathematics1523 Words   |  7 PagesThe 20th Century marked a revitalization of mathematics. Mathematicians were becoming increasingly aware of the shaky foundation that the mathematics of the time was built upon. Algebra seemed to change the most by this new move to fix the fundamentals of mathematics. With the intent to reinvent algebra, a group of young French mathematicians joined together under the pseudonym Nicolas Bourbaki. They collectively wrote a textbook named Elements of Mathematics. All the while, they held mathematical