Their Eyes Were Watching God Essay

their identity, and it’s not about looking in the right places but rather just looking in the first place. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, reveals that we must take action and stand up for what you think is right in order to gain independence. While this story revolves around Janie’s relationships with others, it is not that which catches my eye, but the growing relationship with her self. In the beginning of the book and at the end of the book, I notice that Janie is alone.…

“Love is lak de sea”. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still ans all, it takes its shapes from de shore it meets, and it’s different with everyshore.” (Hurston 191) In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God we explore the dynamics of Janie’s three marriages throughout her life. We begin with Logan Killicks, her first husband, who Janie’s grandma arranged for her to marry. Following her grandmother’s death, Janie questions her relationship with Logan and moves on to a man who was traveling…

it is often argued that to have a voice is essential to assert one's personality and to posit a stance of strength and power. Counter to that, silence is perceived as a sign of weakness, lack of power and self-assertion. However, in Their Eyes Were Watching God, in a sense it is the power of silence, of being silent rather than being silenced that makes Janie survive the complicated situations she is placed in, of being a part of a minority, both a black citizen and a female. By learning to…

In Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God," the protagonist Janie Crawford navigates through three marriages, each offering unique insights into her quest for love and fulfillment. Among her husbands, Tea Cake stands out as a departure from conventionality, embodying spontaneity and emotional connection. This essay will analyze how Tea Cake compares to Janie's previous spouses, Logan Killicks and Jody Starks, and argue that he is a better husband overall for Janie due to his genuine…

Throughout the book, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston, the book sets place after the civil war in the south of the country. The main character Janie goes through a journey, where she discovers things about herself and the type of person she is. Janie is a very complex character as she is raised by her grandmother who has beliefs of staying quiet and listening to the male because she was raised as a slave to eventually changing the rules and becoming more independent as time…

In Their Eyes Were Watching God the beginning of the novel plays into the resolution of the story by showing the expectations of the people and showing glimpses of what might happen later in the story. By showing how the story may end at the beginning of the novel allows the reader to engage themselves in the text and try to draw conclusions based on the information provided. The beginning provides a sharp contrast to the end of the novel. The character Janie develops very much from the…

Janie’s true desire In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie discovers that rebelling against society's expectations for women enables her to gain power and independence, conveying Hurston's purpose that all people are entitled to have their freedom. Her discovery is apparent through her not following traditional male expectations. Although she learned a lot from her two relationships with different men at the beginning of the book, Janie still feels lost because she followed the social belief…

is a modern feminist writer and a part of the African-American community. She writes commentaries about the feminist messages, or lack thereof, in popular writings. In one such review, quoted above, she criticizes Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, a seminal work of 20th century literature. Harris especially disapproves of the relationships of Janie, the novel’s protagonist, with various men. Although Harris is correct in that Janie is often outwardly passive, Harris’ focus on…

In a world filled with constant reminders of Gender roles, Hurston uses them as one of the various themes throughout Their Eyes Were Watching God to add an underlying message to society. Female gender roles include not being as strong as men, never in charge, pretty to look at, and several more. While in contrast male gender roles are typically portrayed as having dominance and being the “hero” to a woman. Hurston expresses the gender roles given at this time in society by displaying Janie…

Hurston accomplishes this portrayal by using a hurricane. The hurricane in the “Their Eyes Were Watching God” was a super-storm. The winds are strong, the sky is dark, and the rain comes down hard. The storm floods the everglades and destroys everything.”The winds came back with triple fury, and put out the light for the last time… They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God...Water everywhere.”(151-152) Janie and Tea Cake try to physically stay together, but it was…