Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God shows how Janie faces becoming a woman and a semi-autonomous individual. I think the novel is based slightly on Zora Neal Hurston’s own life. Janie endures many hardships throughout the novel. She is forced to live without her mother, under the absolute control of her grandmother, and in an all white environment. In the beginning she has a total lack of self identity; she thinks she is white just …showed first 75 words of 1294 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1294 total…one she could rely on to love and trust, but he was just another who wanted to control her. Tea Cake is the one who really loves her, who accepts her for who she is and doesn’t try to control her. He makes her realize who she is and helps her become individual. Of course he wasn’t dead. He could never be dead until she herself had finished feeling and thinking.(183) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**