How Did Zora Hurston Change In Their Eyes Watching God

Oprah Winfrey changed Zora Hurston's work Their Eyes Watching God in the movie. Oprah gave Janie’s character the strength that Janie did not have in the novel. Oprah's work drastically changed Zora Hurston’s work and made it unrecognizable. Oprah transformed the relationship that a young person has with an older person. Janie would always respect nanny, but Oprah changed that relationship when Janie talked back to nanny. “’What is wrong with you?’ “...nothing is wrong with me nanny’ “(Harpo). Janie would have never talked back to nanny no matter what. The change that Oprah did makes it seem like Janie was not respectful, but Janie would always be respectful to nanny and did what nanny would tell Janie to do. “…Janie comes to respect Nanny’s …show more content…
Oprah twists the character Janie has when Janie helps Joe construct the town store.” ...thinking, planning our future and I was right there with him” (Harpo). Oprah gives Janie the motivation to help Joe do physical work something that Zora Hurtson does not put in Janie’s character. Janie strength grows when Joe tells Janie to put on the rag. “Here put this on ...cuz I done told you to” (Harpo). Janie ran off instead of wearing the rag. By adding that scene Oprah changed Janie’s character because when Zora Hurston wrote that statement Janie did not run off. Janie puts on the rag like Joe said and continued working in the store. Janie speaks up to Joe although Janie does not have that privilege. “ ‘You big-bellies round here and put out a lot of brag, but ‘tain’t nothin’ to it but yo’ big voice. Humph! Talkin’ bout me lookin’ old! When you pull down yo’ britches, you look lak de change uh life’ “ (Hurston 79). After Janie says that statement Joe struck Janie because, Joe did not like what Janie said. Joe got offended with the statement Janie said and Joe felt like the power he has dropped. Joe did not let Janie say anything.”... J.anie is a woman, she has no intelligence, voice, or autonomy and should be entitled to none” (SPARKNOTES Joe). Joe considers Janie as a trophy wife and a possession. Joe did not care about what Janie thought, Janie just had to do whatever Joe asked and …show more content…
After Janie has returns to Eatonville, Janie passes by the porch sitters, when the porch sitters see Janie, the porch sitters begin to judge Janie. “‘What she doin coming back here in dem overhalls? Can’t she find no dress to put on?-- Where’s dat blue satin dress she left here in?-- Where all dat money her husband took and died and left her?-- … Where she left dat young lad of boy she went off here wid?--... Where he left her?--What he done wid all her money?--Betcha he off wid some gal so young she ain’t even got no hairs ...’ “ (Hurston 2)?—Janie returns back to Eatonville because Tea Cake has died, but the porch sitters think that Tea Cake took advantage of Janie and stooled the money Janie had, but in reality that did not happen. The porch sitters also judge Janie by saying that Tea Cake left Janie for another woman. “Janie Lord we’ve been worrying sick about you … long hair swaging down her back like she look like a young gal. Where’s Tea Cake at? That is what I want to know. She’s a widow almost forty that young boy won’t ever going to marry her” (Harpo). The porch sitters pretend to care about why Janie has returned to Eatonville. The porch sitters try to talk to Janie, but Janie avoids the porch sitters and does not say anything back to the porch sitters. Porch-sitters ...speculate about her situation” (SPARKNOTES Themes).The porch sitters do not know what happened to Janie, but start to talk