Second, the major theme of theme of this novel parallels with teenager's mental dilemmas. ... However, the aspects of the book, pertaining to US history, and the teenager's mindset to find true identity and love allows this novel to be in the literary scene of high schools and an American. Therefore, it is inevitable that Their Eyes were Watching God should retain its position in the popular literary cannon....

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A uniquely American art form, jazz traced its birth to a combination of ragtime, marching band music, and the blues. " The spontaneity and excitement of the music produced by black artists 'riffing' on old blues and classical themes found a ready outlet in the New York of the post-war era."... During the 1920s, an explosion of literary and artistic innovation, remembered forever after as the Harlem Renaissance, made a neighborhood in Manhattan one of the most important cultural centers in America. ... The diverse literary expression of the Harlem Renaissance ranged from Langston Hugh...

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