“I have no race, I am me” is quote from Zora Neale Hurston. She depicts this mentality throughout Their Eyes Were Watching God and through Janie. Hurston acknowledges numerous conflicting problems that would have been taking place during post slavery time. She includes essential eye opening themes that everyone can relate to; self discovery, race consciousness, love, happiness in all to say there is a bigger audience than the Negro and the white.
There isn’t anything on this earth more rewarding than learning and fully loving yourself … for who you are, what you are, and how you are. Hurston attempts to show this through Janie’s love life, as she begins to discover herself, her relationships better. She explains that sometimes you’ll just be too much woman, that makes a man feel less of a man, which will make you feel like you have to be less of a woman. Nanny tells Janie, “Ah wanted you to look upon yo’self. Ah don’t want yo’ feathers always crumpled by folks… And Ah can’t die easy thinkin’ maybe de menfolks white or black is makin’ a spit cup outta you”. Janie had to …show more content…
Hurston shows this through the encounter of Janie with Mrs. Turner. The two woman are alike in race, but are different in mentality. Mrs. Turner admits to Janie, “You’se different from me, Ah can’t stand ‘em mahself. ‘Nother thing, Ah hates tuh see folks lak me and you mixed up wid’ em. Us oughta class off”. In having this character introduced, Hurston blames racism on not only the white oppressors, but on society as a whole. In fact Mrs. Turner’s perception is based on ignorance, apathy, and the brainwashing of capitalist propaganda. Hurston shows that even though Mrs. Turner was trying to influence Janie, she did not get swayed into changing her lifestyle because of someone else’s opinion. Janie was aware of who she was and accepted who she was on the account of the fact she had finally discovered
There isn’t anything on this earth more rewarding than learning and fully loving yourself … for who you are, what you are, and how you are. Hurston attempts to show this through Janie’s love life, as she begins to discover herself, her relationships better. She explains that sometimes you’ll just be too much woman, that makes a man feel less of a man, which will make you feel like you have to be less of a woman. Nanny tells Janie, “Ah wanted you to look upon yo’self. Ah don’t want yo’ feathers always crumpled by folks… And Ah can’t die easy thinkin’ maybe de menfolks white or black is makin’ a spit cup outta you”. Janie had to …show more content…
Hurston shows this through the encounter of Janie with Mrs. Turner. The two woman are alike in race, but are different in mentality. Mrs. Turner admits to Janie, “You’se different from me, Ah can’t stand ‘em mahself. ‘Nother thing, Ah hates tuh see folks lak me and you mixed up wid’ em. Us oughta class off”. In having this character introduced, Hurston blames racism on not only the white oppressors, but on society as a whole. In fact Mrs. Turner’s perception is based on ignorance, apathy, and the brainwashing of capitalist propaganda. Hurston shows that even though Mrs. Turner was trying to influence Janie, she did not get swayed into changing her lifestyle because of someone else’s opinion. Janie was aware of who she was and accepted who she was on the account of the fact she had finally discovered