- pear tree: This represents Janie's blossoming womanhood.
- roots of trees: These represent the African American people during Janie's time that did not have any family roots.
- mule: This represents the black African American women at the time. They were treated very badly. During the time in which the novel takes place, women in general did not have the rights they have today; being an African American women meant even worse treatment.
- gate and road: The gate and road represent Janie's search for new opportunity. Also, it represents the waves and shore; this connects to the metaphor with the ships in the beginning of the novel.
- new horizon: The new horizon, like the gate and road, represent Janie's search for a new start in her life.
- Eatonville general store: The general store represents the center of Eatonville, as well as the "face lift" that Joe Starks gave the town. The store shows the significance of this newly incorporated black town, which was also the first incorporated black town in the United States.
- lamp post: The lamp post represents the illumination of Eatonville, African American people, and their culture.
- Joe and Janie's house: Joe and Janie's house represents their wealth as a couple, as well as Joe's power and significance in Eatonville.
- tobacco spittoon: The tobacco spittoon also represents Joe's wealth.
- guitar: The guitar represents the playful side of people, specifically Tea Cake. He plays the guitar for her, which just creates such a relaxed, playful atmosphere.
- overalls: The overalls represents the working class, of which Janie became a part during her marriages to Logan and Tea Cake; however, this differed in her marriage to Joe, as he wanted her to stay in the house all the time and not take part in that sort of work.
- headrag: Janie's head rag represents Janie's bondage to Joe. He forced her to wear this head rag, as she hated it and did not want to wear it at all.
- long braid: Janie's long, black, braid represents her freedom as a person, and and as a woman. It shows that she no longer cares about what people around her think about her.
- packet of seeds: The packet of seeds represents new life in Janie's life. Tea Cake has died; however, Janie takes these seeds as a memory with her to Eatonville and moves on with her life.
- checkers: The checkers represent Janie's equality to Tea Cake, as she was not allowed to play them when Joe was alive.
- muck dirt: The dirt of the muck represents also represents the working class, as virtually everyone living in the muck works everyday in the fields. The dirt also represents the richness and growth in the muck.
- hurricane: The hurricane represents God's almighty power.
- rabid dog: The rabid dog represents the pattern that seems to continue in Janie's life. Whenever something good comes along for her, something terrible happens. She was so happy with Tea Cake; however, his dog bite gave him rabies and unfortunately forced Janie to kill him.
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