Their Eyes Were Watching God Women's Rights Essay

Women's rights have come along way since the 1930’s. The 1930’s was at the height of The Great Depression. Many people were barely making enough money to feed themselves. Women rights have come a long way since those days though.Today woman can work if they please. They can choose whom they marry. Women today have the basic rights they should have always had. Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston Portrays what a black woman's way of life and rights were in the 1930’s. Janie goes through many challenges that women faced back then, and being colored didnt help. With every thing that is thrown at Janie she stands strong.Janie breaks away from the rest of the women in Eatonville by not being afraid of what everybody thinks. She wants to be her own person and not be influenced by anyone. Janie stands out from the rest of the women and wants to be heard not only by people close to her but everybody. Women in the novel are the stereotypical housewives. They stay home clean, cook, and raise the kids. The reader doesn't get much on many women throughout the novel. There is only a couple of women excluding Janie that stood out. Which would be Pheoby and Mrs. Tyler. Each of them represent a different way of life one way is expected the other is looked down upon. Pheoby is the wife that does what is …show more content…
Women in the game were shown as weak and strong. The novel showed that without a man hovering over you that women can be free and do as they please. Zora Neale Hurston showed that everything has two sides to it and how you can't make assumptions. Also that you should consider before rushing into something. The novel showed me that you can't see things right away. Also it showed me just how hard being a woman was. Women have gone through many terrible things and every generation and every woman has gone through discrimination. Women are stronger than men will ever