Thursday, May 30, 2019

The Different Places in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching G

The Different Places in Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching GodIts amazing that maven state can have within it places that differ greatly in all aspectspeople, surrounding, weather, and feeling. Zora Neale Hurston exemplifies this phenomenon in Their Eyes Were Watching God. There are a deal of differences between Eatonville, FL and the Everglades each place represents a certain theme or feeling to Janie (the main character) and their differences each contribute to the meaning of the novel as a whole. Eatonville is just hours away from the Everglades so it seems that these two places must have something in common, especially if theyre in the same book, but they dont unless you itemize Janie living in both places as something similar. While Janie is married to Joe Starks in Eatonville, she loses her sense of self. Joe makes her wear her hair up and shes treated as if shes Joes servant, not wife. This is much different than the treatment she gets in the Everglades with Tea C ake. Tea Cake allows her to be his peer and be herself. Janie is tied down in Eatonvi...

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