Sexism is a topic that many people have a different viewpoint. While some viewpoints may be for this topic, others, however, are against them. In the story of Their Eyes Were Watching God, this topic make up the troubles that Janine struggled with throughout the story. This gives the reader an outlook on how this topic affected Janine’s life, even at an early age. Throughout this story,the author, Zora Hurston, revolves the book around sexism. However, while many people may think differently, I believe that sexism does take on a big part in this story and what Hutcherson was trying to portray. I agree with Zora Hurston’s viewpoints on sexism. However, not only does Hurston revolve her novel around sexism, but also the disagreements and protests
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However, his true colors begin to show when he becomes Mayor of a small town and eventually builds a grocery store. He becomes cruel, conceited, and uninterested in Janie as a person (Sparknotes 1). His affection is only shown when he has a sense of dominance in not only in his relationship with Janie, but also through his town. Again, Janie is disappointed in the fact that her relationship is not evolved around love, but how it is shaped around greed and hunger for power. In Jody’s mind, he married Janie because he loves her as a person but because he views her as an object that will serve a useful purpose in his schemes (Sparknotes 1). This comes into place when Starks is against letting Janie help with the grocery store because he believes that since she is a woman, then she should only do housework. However, Janie, again, disagrees with his viewpoint. In the end, Starks allows her to work in the grocery store only if she dresses unappealing and makes Janie cover her hair under a scarf (Hurston 2) so no one could gaze upon her beautiful, long hair. Sexism is again shown by Starks when Janie sparks a new friendship with Pheoby Watson while working in the store. Since someone else is showing Janie attention, Starks becomes jealous and “..openly criticize and insult Janie, in public and private” (Hurston 2). Unfortunately, Janie takes the abuse from her husband because she still has some hope that her marriage could still workout. Later on during the novel, the reader sees that Starks is trying to show affection by buying a mule that has been abused by the townsfolk (Hurston 2). This gesture can be taken by multiple viewpoints, but the one that sticks out is that the mule symbolizes Janie’s feelings of being trapped, abused, and commanded by her husband. Starks, again, is showing sexism characteristics because in this symbole,
However, his true colors begin to show when he becomes Mayor of a small town and eventually builds a grocery store. He becomes cruel, conceited, and uninterested in Janie as a person (Sparknotes 1). His affection is only shown when he has a sense of dominance in not only in his relationship with Janie, but also through his town. Again, Janie is disappointed in the fact that her relationship is not evolved around love, but how it is shaped around greed and hunger for power. In Jody’s mind, he married Janie because he loves her as a person but because he views her as an object that will serve a useful purpose in his schemes (Sparknotes 1). This comes into place when Starks is against letting Janie help with the grocery store because he believes that since she is a woman, then she should only do housework. However, Janie, again, disagrees with his viewpoint. In the end, Starks allows her to work in the grocery store only if she dresses unappealing and makes Janie cover her hair under a scarf (Hurston 2) so no one could gaze upon her beautiful, long hair. Sexism is again shown by Starks when Janie sparks a new friendship with Pheoby Watson while working in the store. Since someone else is showing Janie attention, Starks becomes jealous and “..openly criticize and insult Janie, in public and private” (Hurston 2). Unfortunately, Janie takes the abuse from her husband because she still has some hope that her marriage could still workout. Later on during the novel, the reader sees that Starks is trying to show affection by buying a mule that has been abused by the townsfolk (Hurston 2). This gesture can be taken by multiple viewpoints, but the one that sticks out is that the mule symbolizes Janie’s feelings of being trapped, abused, and commanded by her husband. Starks, again, is showing sexism characteristics because in this symbole,