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    In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ written by Zora Neale Hurston‚ the judgments made by the characters in the story are frequently based on their anger and insecurities. Many examples of judgment are spread throughout the book. In the early fifties through the late seventies‚ people appear to be racially judgmental when they are insecure and angered by the change in their environment. Judgments seem to be all around us and are a way to express feelings. In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ the anger

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    Their Eyes Were Watching God Analytical Essay One of the most fascinating and unique novels in African American literature is Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston‚ not so much for it’s story but for it’s beautifully written language. The novel is about the main character‚ Janie‚ trying to find herself and the meaning of love. Both Standard English and a southern black dialect‚ and poetry are seamlessly integrated into the story which reveals symbols and hidden

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    Their Eyes were Watching God‚ written by Zora Neale Hurston‚ is a unique novel about the experiences of a black woman‚ told mostly through a rich‚ continuous use of metaphors. Three of the most important metaphors Hurston uses are the porch‚ the pear tree‚ and the horizon. The porch represents the black community with its conventions and judgements. The pear tree symbolizes the epiphany about Janie’s sexuality and her hopes for her future that the main character Janie experiences when she is 16.

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    Their Eyes Were Watching God is a story written by Zora Neale Hurston‚ told through the eyes of Janie Crawford; a woman in the search of love. Hair is used as a symbol for a wide variety of factors. Throughout the entire course of the novel‚ Janie can found with her hair up and down‚ both of which come with their own distinct personalities and feelings. Along with this‚ it is easy to note that the transitions in her hair styles is not only a physical change‚ but a mental change as well. Janie’s

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    Janie’s Growth in Their Eyes Were Watching God It has often been claimed that with marriage comes loves. This belief‚ although true for some‚ is false for others. Janie‚ the protagonist in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston‚ was one of many young ladies who realized love is not always found in marriage. Her previous proposals had discouraged her in her search for true adoration‚ but‚ with her third marriage‚ Janie finally encountered undevoted love. Out of her three marriages

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    I enjoyed reading Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston‚ though it isn’t something that I would normally choose to read. I found the second half of the book especially interesting‚ and as I read on‚ the dialect became less distracting from the story. At the end of the book‚ Pheobe envies Janie for the life she has led‚ even though it was filled with heartache. Pheobe‚ on the other hand‚ remained safe and within the acceptable standards of society‚ but wasn’t happy with her decision.

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    You wake up beside your significant other as if it were any other day; then look them in the eyes and utter the words “Good morning!”. You feel overwhelmed with joy by the mere company of your spouse for in the morning after your wedding night and the dream of obtaining the level of companionship in which you yearned becomes a reality. In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God the main character Janie pursues the quest of finding companionship in means of a husband. Zora Neale Hurston’s

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    shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson‚ racism always has been‚ and will always be a problem. In her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Hurston talked about racism and showed how it affected the life of the main character‚ Janie. Their Eyes Were Watching God took place in the 1890s‚ a period of violent racially motivated crimes and segregation. This segregation played a huge role in people’s lives‚ in history‚ and in the novel. “Racism exists when one ethnic group or historical collectivity

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    act of haughty disdain. They’re Eyes Were Watching God takes place just after the civil war during a patriarchal and misogynistic time period; this explains why Joe feels that he can

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    NOTECARDS FROM Their Eyes Were Watching God Book "She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soak- ing in the alto chant of the visiting bees‚ the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this

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