•As Janie evaluates her marriage to Logan Killicks, Hurston presents the recurring image of the horizon: "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." Discuss how Janie's frustration helps her growing
self-awareness11

How does the author use the character of the nurse to develop the social issue of gender inequality? the nurse’s willingness to take care of nora when nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work. the nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself. the fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever. the nurse’s assurance to nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.