Despite its profound position, the novel Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston has been challenged of its place in high school student's education by parents and educational groups. ... However, Their Eyes were Watching God should contain its place in the high school English curriculum because of two reasons: its significance in American History and the moral of love and self-expression. ... Second, the major theme of theme of this novel parallels with teenager's mental dilemmas. ... It is true that Hurston's novel, "Their Eyes were Watching God," contains sexual, ...

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Scott Fitzgerald, the corruption of the American dream is a major theme throughout the book. ... On a billboard are the luminous blue eyes of Dr. ... Fitzgerald uses this to indicate god watching over them, but the billboard has been abandoned and forgotten, showing their corruption as they are turned from god when religion is forgotten in their pursuit for wealth(The Symbol I). The blue in his eyes shows the corruption of the spirit. ... "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or vast carelessness or whatever...

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Still even with the performances of black bands and singers, blacks were not allowed to be in the audience. ... "Henderson's arranger, Don Redman, and later Henderson himself, introduced written jazz scores that were widely admired for their effort to capture the quality of improvisation that characterized the music of smaller ensembles." (Encarta) Another major part of the Jazz Age was the Harlem Renaissance. ... (Wintz, Page 64) It was very hard at this time to get their writing out since whites ran all the publishing places. ... Quicksand (1928), by novelist Nella Larsen, offered ...

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