2. Regionalism is a theme which Zora Hurston incorporates into her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, a plethora of times. Regionalism can be defined as “fiction that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other features particular to a specific region.” One example of this definition can be observed when you identify the role of the narrator. The narrator is an educated observer who learns something from the characters while maintaining a distance from them. The narrator serves as “middle man” between the rural folk of the tale and the modern audience to whom the novel is directed. Another example of Regionalism can be found when investigating the role that the major characters play throughout the story. There seems
