In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, the author, Zora Neale Hurston uses a technique called symbolism with the characters to create a story. ... She wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God in seven weeks, which was published on September 18, 1937. ... In the book Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston describes the journey of Janie Crawford, the main character, to find herself. ... The symbol of a mule is often used in this book. ... In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston uses symbolism to show how the society and the time period oppressed women. ...

• Word Count: 843
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston tells the story of a middle-aged black women named Janie Crawford who lives in Eatonville, Florida. ... She wants to run away but she knows there was no were else for her to go. ... Other couples are jealous of their relationship. ... This book was incredibly good. ... Their Eyes Were Watching God was very will written as she gives us an outlook how women was perceived back then and how they was not able to have their own, but somehow the character of Janie Crawford shows us different. ...

• Word Count: 982
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Zora Neale Hurston's book Their Eyes Were Watching God discusses a hunt for independence and self-reliance through the personal journey of the main character. ... She describes how "she hated her grandmother Nanny had taken the biggest thing God ever made, the horizon"(Hurston 85-86). ... Her final conclusions are that "they got tuh go tuh God, and they got to find out about livin' fuh theyselves"(Hurston, 183). ...

• Word Count: 439
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• Grade Level: High School

Blacks began to create their own types of music, art, and literature as they began their move towards Harlem, all having similar backgrounds and a sense of pride. ... African-Americans intensified their pride in culture and their yearning for acceptance as equals in the United States. ... Du Bois, in his book The Souls of Black Folk, rejected famed black educator Booker T. ... She is noted for her metaphorical language, her story-telling abilities, and her interest in and celebration of Southern black culture in the United States, and this is shown in her best-known novel Their Eyes Were Watch...

• Word Count: 925
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School