(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

Their Eyes Were Watching God


            
             Throughout life, most women find themselves searching for love, happiness, and a sense of self-worth in relationships. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel written by Zora Neale Hurston that explains how one woman, Janie Mae Crawford, asserts herself beyond expectation. She shows persistence that characterizes her search for love that she has dreams of as a young girl. Janie understands the societal status that her life has handed her, yet she is determined to overcome this, and she is resentful toward anyone or anything that interferes with her quest for happiness. "So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have to, but he don't tote it. He hand it to his womenfolks. De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see" (Hurston 14). It is down this path that she experiences a bit of trouble and happiness. Hurston shows the road through the steps of Janie's three relationships. These relationships, though not fulfilling, conclude in bettering Janie's search and understanding of life.
             When Janie is sixteen years old, her grandmother marries her off to a farmer, by the name of Logan Killicks. Janie's grandmother, Nanny Crawford, feels that Janie should marry a man that can provide her with protection, financial security, and respectability. Nanny does not want Janie to make the same mistakes she made. She had been impregnated under the circumstances of being a slave. " he let on he forgot somethin" and run into mah cabin and made me let down mah hair for de last time . lak he always done, and was gone after de rest lak lightnin"" (Hurston 17). Nanny Crawford, believes that, "black women were the mules of the world", and she does not want Janie to be a mule. She wants to see Janie in a secure situation before she dies, and Logan Killicks could provide that for Janie. Janie does not want to marry Logan; she does because Nanny told her, "that she would eventually come to love him.


Essays Related to Their Eyes Were Watching God


Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question