After Joe's funeral she observes in her unhappiness how Nanny had taken the biggest thing God ever made, the horizon" and "pinched it in to such a little bit of a thing that she could tie it about her granddaughter's neck tight enough
to choke her." At the end of the novel, though, Janie is able to "pul) in her horizon like a great fish-net" with a
delighted, peaceful heart. Explain why Nanny's horizon was so restrictive for Janie and what led to its great expanse at
the end. Use at least two examples of textual evidence to support your answer. Your answer should be at least two
hundred words.

"So Janie waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time. But when the pollen again guided the sun and sifted down on the world she began to stand around the gate and expect things. What things? She didn't know exactly...The familiar people and things had failed her so she hung over the gate and looked up the road towards way off. She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman"(25)The image of pear blossoms, reminds me of the innocence that youth brings. The idea of becoming a woman because her dream has been destroyed is such a complex idea. Much like the pear blossoms and their pollen, Janie has to learn to go with the wind, roll with the punches. When the pollen is dispersed through the air, Janie knows that time has run out for love and that she must grow up.

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