Zora Neale Hurston’s main purpose of writing Their Eyes Were Watching God is to promote the idea of self worth, Hurston fulfills this purpose by following Janie 's story and using symbols to prove that the one’s want in life can only found in thyself. Janie goes on her life journey looking for love and womanhood, but after continuous belittlement from her unsuccessful husbands and the loss of her true love. When Janie returns home realizing that she had these qualities within. Hurston uses the writing skill of metaphors to allow Janie to come to this revelation. She manages to turn many normal elements of the story into conflicts that allow Janie to realize her true potential.
Janie is very sheltered in her youth and is judged constantly …show more content…
One symbol for love used by Hurston is the ocean. She writes “Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore”(191). Hurston uses the ocean to connect to Janie 's love life. Love moves and changes with who you are with, the ocean represents Janie she is always there and the shores represent her husband and every shore she comes upon she has a different relationship with …show more content…
She uses this transformation to prove her point that if a person wants change for themselves this change is influenced by no one but themselves. This ends up being the moral of Their Eyes Were Watching God , after telling Pheoby her journey and what she’s learned about the world and herself Janie tells Pheoby “you got tuh go there tuh know there. Yo’ papa and yo’ mama and nobody else can’t tell yuh and show yuh. Two things everybody’s got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin’ fuh theyselves.”(192). This statement is a perfect description of what occurred to Janie, as well as Hurston 's purpose in her writing, that there are experiences and qualities that someone can only encounter through self
Janie is very sheltered in her youth and is judged constantly …show more content…
One symbol for love used by Hurston is the ocean. She writes “Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore”(191). Hurston uses the ocean to connect to Janie 's love life. Love moves and changes with who you are with, the ocean represents Janie she is always there and the shores represent her husband and every shore she comes upon she has a different relationship with …show more content…
She uses this transformation to prove her point that if a person wants change for themselves this change is influenced by no one but themselves. This ends up being the moral of Their Eyes Were Watching God , after telling Pheoby her journey and what she’s learned about the world and herself Janie tells Pheoby “you got tuh go there tuh know there. Yo’ papa and yo’ mama and nobody else can’t tell yuh and show yuh. Two things everybody’s got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin’ fuh theyselves.”(192). This statement is a perfect description of what occurred to Janie, as well as Hurston 's purpose in her writing, that there are experiences and qualities that someone can only encounter through self