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In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, we follow our protagonist, Janie Crawford, through a journey of self-discovery. We watch Janie from when she was a child to her adulthood, slowly seeing her ideas change while other dreams of hers unfortunately die. This is illustrated by the quote: “She knew that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.” This realization made by Janie supports one of the biggest themes in this novel, which…

Throughout Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character, Janie, has to deal with the gender roles and stereotypes of her time period. Throughout the novel, Janie has three key relationships that define the way women fit into the society that she lives in. While Janie learns ‘her place’ in this society, she rebels against it with each husband that she has. Hurston uses Janie as a way to oppose the gender roles of her time. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a commentary on…

Their Eyes Were Watching God Three good qualities every guy should have are, loving, providing, and selfless. In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, the main character Janie is on her life journey trying to find love. It is set in Florida in 1937. These times are different than nowadays, so that means what is expected from men is also different. Janie wants a man who is loving, providing, and selfless. She meets and marries three men, but only one of them has those…

In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Janie Crawford dreamed of a love which resembled a pear tree from her childhood. The pear tree was simple, sweet, and symbolized reciprocal love. Through her journey to discover this ideal love, Janie encountered people who failed to tie her down and control her and their own fate. However, despite multiple characters attempting to control their fate, the hurricane scene reveals that none of the people had or will ever have any…

This woman 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…

“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…

questions and years that answer.” (Zora Neale Hurston) In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie is searching for new beginnings. Because of her multiple marriages throughout the book, she has many questions about herself and who she is, even if she doesn’t directly notice it. It is not until the death of her last husband, Tea Cakes, that she has found the answers and is satisfied with being her own person. In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, and “How it Feels to be Colored Me”,…

An Eye for an Eye Is the idea of capital punishment, also called the death penalty, beneficial to modern society? The use of capital punishment for criminals and political opponents has been a standard practice by most societies throughout recorded history. By today’s standards, capital punishment is a wasteful use of time, resources, and most importantly human life that with time, patience, and understanding can return some of these individuals as stable and productive members of our…

Love and independence play very important roles in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Are Watching God. In her novel, the protagonist, Janie Crawford, craves a perfect love. Her dream of true love is combined with equality between both lovers and independence. Through different types of marriages Hurston is able to declare the effects on Janie as a character and add to the overall theme of the novel. Some people love or marry for the wrong reasons and desperately need to figure out, like Janie, the…

Mary Helen Washington critics the feminist opinions on Hurston’s writing in Their Eyes Were Watching God. The article discusses the feminist viewpoint on the main character, Janie. In the book, Janie is portrayed as being forced into the “female” role by her male counterparts. The feminist opinion, however, is that Janie isn’t the Leave It to Beaver wife, but instead a strong female character who knows what she wants in life. Washington analyzes Hurston’s words and believes that Janie isn’t the…