Two writers were on the front lines of this movement, Zora Neale Hurston and Ralph Ellison. ... Both Hurston and Ellison did this beautifully, in that their stories were not forceful nor preachy, but merely simple, candid tales of the lives of two ordinary African-Americans. ... By using these two themes, both Hurston and Ellison took a dramatic leap of faith. ... Neither Hurston nor Ellison hid any part of their culture to be politically correct; this fact is especially visible in the authors use of diction in their novels. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston employ...

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In Zora Neale Hurston's, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie Starks lives her life in a constant journey for true love. From the time when she is very young to her life before her last husband, Tea Cake, she is let down again and again. Janie grows up as a relatively happy child in a white southe...

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Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author. 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". Hurston's best novel describes the life of Janie, a black woman at the turn of the century. ...

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