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Janie as Feminist an Alpha Female Their Eyes Were Watching God is written by Zora Neale Hurston and published in 1937 at a period where females were not recognized for their hard work. Hurston 's novel features the first strong, independent black woman in a novel to search for her identity and happiness. It tells about a woman who acquires the power to speak, who finds her voice and so learns to tell stories and create metaphors. Although Janie is a victim again and again of male repression,…

This chapter of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, she writes about the preparation of Janie and Logan’s marriage. As this was going on, Janie did not feel any connection between Logan and prays that she will love him after the marriage.Two months after the wedding Janie visits Nanny to ask for advice; she fears that she will never love Logan. Nanny is angered that Janie does not appreciate Logan’s wealth and status but says that she will eventually develop feelings for him.…

desired to feel the idea of the reputation of Love. The yearn of affection, reassurance, or even feeling wanted is humane and drives people to explore the different emotions it may cause. Zora Neale Hurston exhibits these examples in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. She reveals the journey of the protagonist, Janie, in her…

Their Eyes Were Watching God is about the search for love and self, and the personal journey till the end of a womans life. The main character, Janie, goes through many different paths during her life. She marries a total of three men, and eventually finds herself. The first 16 years of her life are spent with her Nanny. These years were very important developmental years for her. She does not have her parents around, and is teased for it greatly. She originally is living in a white family's…

Throughout a person life, they are constantly changing. It can either be in a positive or negative way. In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes were Watching God, we see the main character Jamie Crawford change throughout her marriage to Jody Sparks. She loved him, but “he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees” (29). In the beginning she is this care free happy woman and is in love. Next, we see her start to become this quiet woman who does whatever her husband says. Lastly Janie…

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”,…

Women in society have been viewed as just objects for a long time and still to this day. The novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God” is a feminist novel because Janie gives a voice to women and didn’t let the standard of women define her. In the novel Janie went through good times and bad times. In the beginning of the story, the readers can see how Janie was forced in a marriage with Logan Killicks. She didn’t know herself well to know then she had a voice. Being in that relationship was bad…

experience. In Zora Neale Hurston’s book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, she tells of a young girl named Janie Crawford and her adventurous love life. She reflects the views of the Harlem Renaissance through Nanny, Logan Killicks, and Jody Starks, but separates herself from those ideals through Janie and Tea Cake. Power, specifically black power, was an issue of great importance to the Harlem Renaissance writers. Various characters in Their Eyes were Watching God have different notions about…

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…

Marriage is not what most people imagine, love is not perfect and neither is a relationship. In Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston portrays the the story of a young African-American girl named Janie who is married off to someone she does not love. Yearning for true feeling, Janie runs away and remarries to a promising rich man, only to discover that there is once again a lack of love. After almost twenty years of enduring, Janie’s second husband passes away, and by…