question #1: Janie is motivated by her natural desire. Throught the book Hurston has used allusions of nature in her book to depict this theme. She does not want to be constrained by her grandmother's beliefs or the lifesyles of her lovers. She has been motivated since she discovered bees in the pear tree to explore her sexuality and find what true love is. Janie herself is a symbol of women during the time that Hurston wrote the book in that her struggle towards female freedom of expresion is the same as their's. This desire for freedom and love is natural and thus symbolized through metaphors of plants, animals, and procreation.
question #2: Janie has changed drmaticaly over and over through out the story. By analyzing the authors repotition of certain symbols through out the story and in chapters 11 and 12 we can conclude that Janie is begining to follow what she naturaly wants. The author links many of the activities that they do together to nature (fishing, hunting, etc.) in an effort to convay the idea that by loving Tea Cake, Janie is following her sexuality and natural desires. When being with Logan and Jody she was following her grandmothers wishes. In chapter 12 Janie actually says that she is now to live for herself and to live with a man who she feels wont try to contain her in any way. And finally by making the decision to close her shop and move away with Tea Cake, Janie is turning her back on a life which she felt she was held prisoner in.
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