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An 8 page paper which examines relationships between men and women in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Jonah’s Gourd Vine” and Jean Toomer’s “Cane.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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File: JR7_RAhrcane.rtf
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relationships between men and women rarely ends happily ever after without a great deal of work. In many relationships there is perhaps even a sense of accepting the imperfections and
continuing, sometimes negatively, with the relationship regardless. In Zora Neale Hurstons "Jonahs Gourd Vine" and several of the characters from the works of Jean Toomer in "Cane," which was widely
respected by Harlem writers, one gets a very intimate look at relationships between men and women in relationship to the African American culture during the earlier part of the 20th
century (Jean Toomer). The following paper examines the relationships in these works. Hurstons John and Lucy Hurstons novel involves primarily the story of one couple. The novel starts
with the time before their relationship and takes the reader through many years of their union together. One author notes that the couple essentially relies on the relationships their own
parents had as models of how they should behave and develop in a marriage: "As the Pearsons begin to negotiate their own marital relationship using elements of their parents templates,
John dons his role as husband as promisingly as once had his stepfather Ned, who as a newlywed doted on three-year-old John (then too small to pose any threat) and
washed ira up jes lak he wuz gold (3). John is determined to be a good husband; he spurns Mehaleys romantic advances, saying he and Lucy are never gonna do
no quittin til one uh us is six feet in de ground (81)" (Kanthak 113). In this one can see that the relationship begins fairly well, with John attempting
to do the right thing, and perhaps Lucy simply following along with whatever her man does, as that is generally the way of women in her time and culture. But,
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