Their Eyes Were Watching God Essay

“Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston is a novel about Janie Crawford, an light skinned, attractive, middle-aged African American woman who exudes confidence, but is constant search for love. The novel opens up with her returning to Eatonville, Florida, after being absent for a long period of time. As she walks into the town in dirty overalls with no eye contact, the black townspeople speculate about her absence and how she appears. The gossip about what could have happened to…

In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God the author, Zora N. Hurston, focuses on Janie Starks journey for love. Growing up Janie's grandmother tried to obscure her views on love by forcing her into marriage with Logan Killicks. Even Though Nanny raised Janie on certain values for love, Janie met Tea Cakes and found the love she has been longing for. In the novel the horizon symbolized Janie life opportunities. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie's grandmother teaching on love coupled with…

is Janie Crawford. Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God explores the journey of a woman who is subjugated by her husbands because of her race and gender. Hurston challenges the cultural norm of 1900s southern society by criticizing the objectification of African American woman. When Janie breaks her chains, she embraces her independence to seek what every human being searches for: their identity. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston exposes the oppression based on race…

Throughout Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, there is mention of the horizon. Janie, the main character, is originally choked by it, after her grandmother reduces it to something infinitesimally small. After that, she is married to a series of different men. She is married to an ugly man whom she does not love, chosen by her grandmother. She is married to a rich man who she thought she loved, but he just treats her like an object. Finally, she is married to a man who truly loves…

A Woman’s Voice: Female Empowerment in Their Eyes Were Watching God “Pheoby, you got tuh go there tuh know there. Yo’ papa and mama and nobody else can’t tell yuh and show yuh. Two things everybody’s got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin’ fuh theyselves” (Hurston, 192). The novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston chronicles a woman’s journey of self-realization and empowerment. It follows the tribulations of Janie as she…

A select few of pieces of literature like to start off with having a mysterious character -- or characters -- in order to reveal their past and the meaning of the book. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston does exactly this with the main character, Janie who’s origin is unknown from the start. As we learn more about how she’s treated at the beginning before the flashbacks, how her Grandmother affected her view on love, and Janie’s relationships, we learn more about Hurston's…

In this novel, Their eyes were watching God, by Zora Neil Hurston, they're were many examples of love and passion. Their were three love interest in this novel who mainly were there to support Janie. Those of which were Tea Cake, Logan, and Joe. There was one love interest that stood out the most in this novel. In Their eyes were watching God, Tea Cake's love interest in Janie is visualized several times throughout this story. Logan and Janie's relationship was arranged and unsuccessful…

The ending of Their Eyes Were Watching God is overall optimistic. Janie Crawford, at a young age, saw a glimpse of the excitement of freedom, but once she realised the fullness in life that she desired, she could not have it. Her grandmother, who only had her best interests in mind, was the first of many to repress Janie’s character along with her identity. Janie spent most of her life being someone other than her true self, and struggled to accept the restrained freedom. From husband to husband…

Ages of Love Being in love is tough, but after craving affection for so long, our main character finally found what she was looking for. Throughout Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, we, the readers, follow Janie, the main character’s life over a number of years. In the beginning, Janie lies under a pear tree dreaming about what love is like, but by the end of the book, she achieves the love desired. It defiantly took longer than she expected, but her dreams finally came…

Emma Whitesell Miss Sibbach AP English 12 December, 2014 Their Eyes Were Watching God’s Rendition The deviation that Zora Neale Hurston and Oprah Winfrey depict from the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God to the movie is highly significant. The people closest to Janie will have a dramatic change in their relationship as well as the true meaning behind the novel. The characteristics and symbolisms Janie had throughout the movie convey how Oprah interpreted the novel. Much divergence between…