The community is a unifying element in “Their Eyes Were Watching God”. It is a narrative detail that creates the story and plays a big role in what makes the novel so great. In this novel, community is a key detail and defines the direction of the story. For example, the novel states, “It was a weapon against her strength and if it turned out of no significance, still it was hope that she might fall to their level someday.” (Their Eyes Were Watching God, page 2, paragraph 3). Janie’s community wasn’t a fan of her, they showed jealousy and hatred towards her due to her looks and the effect she had on the men. The males were attracted to her and the women disliked that and therefore, disliked Janie. They substituted their feelings towards Janie
