Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Love plays a very important role in Hurston's "Their Eyes were watching God". ... "Janie could see Jody watching her out of the corner of his eye while he joked roughly with Mrs. ... In conclusion of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie tells Pheoby the whole story. She has learned two life lessons – that people must go out and live their lives (not simply stay home and gossip) and that they must find God for themselves. ...

• Word Count: 1360
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In the story "Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston the protagonist, or main character of the story, Janie Crawford, is alienated by her society and by her culture since as long as she can remember. ... They were absolutely right, Janie was one of those rare people that come along in life and are born into unfortunate circumstances but by God's will were given the character to overcome those circumstances and find their own true identity. ... However Janie living with her master's was a fixable thing, so Janie's grandmother was able to get her a house on their o...

• Word Count: 1356
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, is a novel about self-discovery, in which Janie Crawford is determined to find true love in marriage, and live life according to her terms. ... She and Joe also had more in common, such as their love of sugar water. ... During all of the destruction caused, Tea Cake and Janie stared the darkness and chaos of the storm as if "their eyes were watching God," signifying the events happening were of God's intentions. Janie comes to the resolution at the end of the novel that everyone must learn to live...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout life everyone tries to find their identity. ... In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston; the author follows the protagonist, Janie Crawford. ... Their argument reassured her to continue to follow her dreams of love and self-discovery. ... Since Jody is a wealthy black man he had enough money to make their new town come alive. ... People within their town began to characterize Janie as a beautiful woman. ...

• Word Count: 1883
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Janie's Quest for Identity Throughout much of history, many women have spent a significant amount of their lives in search of their own voice and ways to represent themselves and their lifestyles. Some of the ways they have been able to convey their story's is through literature, folk tales and other forms of story telling. ... In Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston disregarded the typical gender conventions of her time when she created Janie Mae Crawford, the main character in her book. ... A few months into their marriage, Janie sits down with...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School