“Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand” (Karl Marks). This quote explains how society is connected, how people are bound together by everyone else. In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, which takes place takes place in the south, the characters explore the relations that connect society and along the way discover that some of their individuality is not accepted by societal standards. In Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God the characters responses to social standards support the authors’ purpose by revealing a society built on alienation, hidden motives, and hollow values.
The author explains that the values in society are hollow …show more content…
So sittin’ on porches lak de white madam looked lak uh mighty fine thing tuh her. Dat’s whut she wanted for me—don’t keer whut it coat. Git up on uh high chair and sit dere. She didn’t have time tuh think whut tuh do after you got up on de stool uh do nothing’. De object was tuh git dere. So Ah got up on de high stool lak she told me, but Pheoby, Ah done nearly languished tuh death up dere. Ah felt like de world wuz cryin’ extry and Ah aint read the common news yet” …show more content…
Hezekiah talks about Tea Cake like he’s below Janie entirely. “And nobody wouldn’t marry Tea Cake tuh starve tuh death lessen it’s somebody jes lak him – ain’t used to nothin’. ‘Course he always keep hisself in changin’ clothes. Dat long-legged Tea Cake ain’t got doodly squat. He ain’t got no business makin’ hissef familiar wid nobody lak you” (130). Hezekiah doesn’t dislike Tea Cake because he’s a crook or an abusive man he dislikes him because he’s poor. In his opinion “he ain’t got no business makin’ hissef familiar wid nobody lak you [Janie]. Tea Cake has little money, a non-desirable trait in society, so Hezekiah has in his mind that rich and poor do not mix. Again, the desire for physical things affects Hezekiah’s opinions about people specifically Tea Cake. He and the rest of the towns’ folk don’t approve of the relationship between Janie and Tea
The author explains that the values in society are hollow …show more content…
So sittin’ on porches lak de white madam looked lak uh mighty fine thing tuh her. Dat’s whut she wanted for me—don’t keer whut it coat. Git up on uh high chair and sit dere. She didn’t have time tuh think whut tuh do after you got up on de stool uh do nothing’. De object was tuh git dere. So Ah got up on de high stool lak she told me, but Pheoby, Ah done nearly languished tuh death up dere. Ah felt like de world wuz cryin’ extry and Ah aint read the common news yet” …show more content…
Hezekiah talks about Tea Cake like he’s below Janie entirely. “And nobody wouldn’t marry Tea Cake tuh starve tuh death lessen it’s somebody jes lak him – ain’t used to nothin’. ‘Course he always keep hisself in changin’ clothes. Dat long-legged Tea Cake ain’t got doodly squat. He ain’t got no business makin’ hissef familiar wid nobody lak you” (130). Hezekiah doesn’t dislike Tea Cake because he’s a crook or an abusive man he dislikes him because he’s poor. In his opinion “he ain’t got no business makin’ hissef familiar wid nobody lak you [Janie]. Tea Cake has little money, a non-desirable trait in society, so Hezekiah has in his mind that rich and poor do not mix. Again, the desire for physical things affects Hezekiah’s opinions about people specifically Tea Cake. He and the rest of the towns’ folk don’t approve of the relationship between Janie and Tea