However that tree is also the image of the result of her life as a slave, being the place where she is forced to hide her daughter for not having sold her and possibilities for the future while the other becomes a divine symbol of happiness and love. The teachings on the futility of love are the most thoughtful gesture he could think of. Janie's tree is a completely different matter. She lay under a pear tree for three days, every minute she had free from her household chores. She has been sitting there "since the first little flower opened", since nature decided to bring the tree back to life in spring. Unlike her grandmother, her tree marks the beginning of her journey and ends her relationship with her only parental figure. Now she feels the weight of her personal mission: she wants to solve the mystery that Nature called her to look at, find her bee and flourish to realize her lifelong dream of a perfect life.