“Only to be destroyed by my brother’s ambition”
I really liked the poem by Thomas Ross, Jr., when he describes the event of the mother swallow and the snake. When the snake tries to harm her nest, the swallow kills him, and only an hour after, she is killed. Ross connected this to his own life, saying that after he overcame one of his own obstacles, he was killed by his brother’s ambition.
This reminds me of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie overcomes her struggles with her two marriages. Then when she thinks she is finally safe with Tea Cake, everything goes wrong. During the storm, which could be represented by the shrike, disaster and death occurs, and Janie loses her love.
