Their Eyes Were Watching God Marxist Analysis
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 18 1960 was an African-American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist. She was the daughter of two former slaves. Her father, John Hurston, was a pastor, her mother, Lucy Ann Hurston, past way when she was very little. When she was three, her family moved to Eatonville, Florida; in 1887. The town was one of the first all-black towns to be incorporated in the United States. Eatonville is incorporated in many of her writings. Ms. Hurston spent her early life studying at various universities and collecting folklore from the South, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Zora Neale Hurston’s stories were about the pain-filled and the world …show more content…
Viewing Ms. Hurston’s work in Their Eyes Were Watching God, Sweat, and How It Feels to Be Colored Me, through Historical, Feminist, and Marxist lenses they reflect a historical time in the US, how her …show more content…
Dat’s how come us don’t git further than we do...Us keeps our own selves down,” (Hurston 39). The townspeople never rise above their circumstances and reach for the opportunity because they don’t try to better themselves, instead, they spend hours complaining and talking about others. His example is still seen in society. Those who have little are the ones who tend linger around complain, and most of the time to they do nothing to change their circumstances, which gives those in power the ability to take advantage of them. Joe and Janie’s house is also a symbol of their social and economic success “...sort of made the rest of them feel that they had been taken advantage of. Like things had been kept from them,” (Hurston 48). Joe has to be persistent in ensuring that he had full dominance over the people in order to gain his status as Mayor, maintain his control over the town. The house described in the book was a way for Joe to show that he was the one with power. There is nothing wrong with Joe wanting a big house. In our society, all those who tend to have an upper hand, tend to also leave in houses that show of their worth and dominance.
One great element in the Eyes Was watching God is history. As you ready
Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 18 1960 was an African-American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist. She was the daughter of two former slaves. Her father, John Hurston, was a pastor, her mother, Lucy Ann Hurston, past way when she was very little. When she was three, her family moved to Eatonville, Florida; in 1887. The town was one of the first all-black towns to be incorporated in the United States. Eatonville is incorporated in many of her writings. Ms. Hurston spent her early life studying at various universities and collecting folklore from the South, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Zora Neale Hurston’s stories were about the pain-filled and the world …show more content…
Viewing Ms. Hurston’s work in Their Eyes Were Watching God, Sweat, and How It Feels to Be Colored Me, through Historical, Feminist, and Marxist lenses they reflect a historical time in the US, how her …show more content…
Dat’s how come us don’t git further than we do...Us keeps our own selves down,” (Hurston 39). The townspeople never rise above their circumstances and reach for the opportunity because they don’t try to better themselves, instead, they spend hours complaining and talking about others. His example is still seen in society. Those who have little are the ones who tend linger around complain, and most of the time to they do nothing to change their circumstances, which gives those in power the ability to take advantage of them. Joe and Janie’s house is also a symbol of their social and economic success “...sort of made the rest of them feel that they had been taken advantage of. Like things had been kept from them,” (Hurston 48). Joe has to be persistent in ensuring that he had full dominance over the people in order to gain his status as Mayor, maintain his control over the town. The house described in the book was a way for Joe to show that he was the one with power. There is nothing wrong with Joe wanting a big house. In our society, all those who tend to have an upper hand, tend to also leave in houses that show of their worth and dominance.
One great element in the Eyes Was watching God is history. As you ready