Pg. 11. “She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her.”
The pear tree is a symbol of Janie herself. It’s the place where she feels the most serene. It’s a motif that symbolizes the development of Janie’s dream from her grandmothers to her own. It’s the transformation of love and how it is expressed and used.
An interesting theory to the pear tree is that it’s a metaphor for a woman’s sexuality because a pear is in the shape of a woman’s uterus.
An interesting theory to the pear tree is that it’s a metaphor for a woman’s sexuality because a pear is in the shape of a woman’s uterus.
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