Analysis Of Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston

Their eyes were watching god is both a male dominant and feminist’s novel. Zora Neale Houston was smart for allowing Oprah Winfrey to be a part of the novel being that she inspires women all over the nation to have a voice etc. The eyes were watching god is a story about how Janie became independent despite all the limitations society tries to urge on her. In the story Janie marries three times in expectation to find love and herself as a women. Janie’s grandmother raised her the best way she knew how and wanted the best for Janie.so she was Janie’s first teachings on men, how to be a good women (wife). Nanny didn’t want Janie to end up like her mother. Janie mother name was leafy. She was rapped by a school teacher and impregnated. She was only seen as a unmarried mother. When Janie turned sixteen nanny forced her to marry a men named Logan kellicks, once nanny caught her kissing a boy named Johnny Taylor. Nanny lies to Janie to convince her that love comes after marriage. Nanny wanted Janie to …show more content…
When Janie tries to speck joe shuts her up with both physical and emotional abuse because he ALLWAYS haves to have control over EVERYTHING. Joe believes women aren’t capable of making decisions. Joe states “somebody got to think for women and chillun and chickens and cows. I god, they sho don’t think none themselves”. When Janie stands up for herself this shows the feminist in the novel because she finds her voice and strength as a women. she refuse to let joe keep breaking her. “ naw ah aint no young gal but ah’m uh woman every inch of me .. dat’s uh whole lot more’n you kin say. You big bellies around here and put out a lot of brag, but ‘tain’t nothin’ to it but yo’ big voice. Humph… when you pull down yo’ britches you look lak de change uh life.” Joe dies of sickness and blames Janie for his death. Janie finally gets to be free after telling Joe how she felt while on his death