Janie’s journey of becoming a woman
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel by African-American author Zora Neale Hurston written in 1937. The book is important for the history of American feminist literature and Harlem Renaissance literature. This novel describes the main character, Janie Crawford, transforming from a vivid, but speechless teenager into a woman controlling her own destiny. The story is set in Florida in early 20th century. Janie is on a journey to find love and who she really is. She started this journey as an unexperienced young girl with dreams described as: ‘’Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.’’(1). Janie has always been under control of someone else, but she finished this journey as a beloved woman and truly herself. A Bildungsroman means ‘’novel of education’’ in translation. It is a ‘’story of a single individual’s growth and development within the context of …show more content…
The expectation is that by answering these questions, the protagonist gains experience. At the end of the story, the protagonist is fully developed in what was the goal at the beginning. Bildungsroman is often written in a 1st person narration. In this case, Hurston started the book with a 1st person narration, but the majority was written in the 3rd person narration taken over by Hurston.
Janie got to the end of the journey throughout her 3 marriages. The first step to become a woman was by marriage with a local, old farmer named Logan Killicks: ‘’He look like some ole skull head in de grave yard!’’ (13). Even though she was forced to this marriage,
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel by African-American author Zora Neale Hurston written in 1937. The book is important for the history of American feminist literature and Harlem Renaissance literature. This novel describes the main character, Janie Crawford, transforming from a vivid, but speechless teenager into a woman controlling her own destiny. The story is set in Florida in early 20th century. Janie is on a journey to find love and who she really is. She started this journey as an unexperienced young girl with dreams described as: ‘’Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.’’(1). Janie has always been under control of someone else, but she finished this journey as a beloved woman and truly herself. A Bildungsroman means ‘’novel of education’’ in translation. It is a ‘’story of a single individual’s growth and development within the context of …show more content…
The expectation is that by answering these questions, the protagonist gains experience. At the end of the story, the protagonist is fully developed in what was the goal at the beginning. Bildungsroman is often written in a 1st person narration. In this case, Hurston started the book with a 1st person narration, but the majority was written in the 3rd person narration taken over by Hurston.
Janie got to the end of the journey throughout her 3 marriages. The first step to become a woman was by marriage with a local, old farmer named Logan Killicks: ‘’He look like some ole skull head in de grave yard!’’ (13). Even though she was forced to this marriage,