Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is a novel about a young girl in search of her dreams. Hurston tells the story through a flashback of Janie's life being told to her friend, Phoeby. Janie is a young black girl being raised by her grandmother, Nanny, because Janie's mom leaves her after a white man rapes Janie's mom. White people always seem to repress Janie's desires. In contrast, Nanny wants Janie to have everything she wants in life. Since Nanny wants the best for Janie, Nanny arranges for Janie to marry a wealthy man whose name is Logan Killicks. The marriage is not at all what Janie wants it to be. Logan will not listen to Janie and forces her to work in the fields. .
Joe Starks shows interest in Janie. Janie immediately falls for Joe, and the two leave on a train to Eatonville where they marry. Joe is a man with high goals, and over time Joe gains a strong voice in the town of Eatonville. After becoming Mayor of Eatonville, Joe helps build up the town. In time, Janie realizes that the marriage is not what she wants because Joe does not listen to her and makes her work in the store. Soon, however, Joe falls ill and dies. .
Another man, Tea Cake, begins to come around Janie after Joe's death. Tea Cake falls in love with Janie for the person she is and not the money she earns while she is with Joe. Janie loves Tea Cake for the compassion and respect he shows her, so the two marry and move south to the Everglades. The two live happily together by earning the money they need by working on a "muck" harvesting beans and sugar cane. However, a large hurricane comes, and they leave in fear of their lives. In the midst of the hurricane, they pray and keep "their eyes watching God." Tea Cake saves Janie from a rabid-dog during the hurricane, but in the process, is bitten and falls ill. In Tea Cake's dementia, he tries to kill Janie, but Janie shoots Tea Cake before he can kill her.
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My topic is how the character, Janie, is the true villain in the book, "Their Eyes Were Watching God." I have chosen this topic because I believe I can convince the reader that she is the antagonist in the story while others think she is the protagonist. I will support that she didn't truly love any...
Hurston uses a lot of imagery to characterize and distinguish between men and women in "Their eyes were watching god". ... For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time." ... Men have their sights set on things they will most likely never accomplish, and hope that their ship will dock and they will be able to live their dream. ... Women on the other hand have their sights set on dreams that are realistic and they don't just wait for their ship to dock, they "act and do...
Their Eyes Were Watching God The protagonist in Their Eyes Were Watching God is named Janie Crawford. In the novel she narrates her life story to her friend Pheoby Watson. Her life undergoes the process of self-discovery, as she evolves through her experiences with three distinctly different hu...
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, the narrator comments that "any man who walks in the way of power and property is bound to meet hate." ... The narrator's commentary in Their Eyes Were Watching God accurately describes how when individuals become wealthy, attitudes towards them change to more hatred, because of feelings of jealousy, despise, and many When Janine met Jody, she had no real idea or care about his wealth. ... Citizens are watching his every move, looking for a flaw so they can hold it against him, and get whatever power they want for their party or for the ideas they hav...
In her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the setting, in which was a black town, was the place where she grew up, Eatonville, Florida. ... Zora Neale is most known for her novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God.... "Their Eyes Where Watching God" is an inspiring and motivating piece of literature. ... She began to give up on Logan and their unhappy marriage. ... Both Jody and Logan were abusive toward Janie, controlling, and thought they know what was best for her. ...
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. ... "A parent objected to the novel [Their Eyes were Watching God]'s language and sexual explicitness" (Banned And/or Challenged Books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course To...
