... for freedom. In her later years, Hurston experienced health problems and she died impoverished and unrecognized by the literary community. Her writings, however, were rediscovered in the 1970s by a new generation of black writers, most notably Alice Walker. Many of Hurston's works were republished in 1995 in a two-volume set. Some previously unpublished material was also released. Zora Neale Hurston's most acclaimed work , Their Eyes Were Watching God, has been read, adored, rejected, reviewed ... , and badgered by many literary critics and uneducated readers ... ...

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Janie Crawford, in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching G-d, embarks on a journey towards self-actualization. Hurston, known for her aesthetic language and symbolism, utilizes these traits throughout the book. In describing scenes with Janie's husbands: Logan Killick, Joe "Jody" Starks and Virgible "Tea Cakes" Woods, Hurston's language utilizes symbolism in foretelling what Janie's relationship will be with each of them. Janie experiences many ups and downs throughout the book, but finally she sees the horizon and emerges as the free spirited woman that she has always yearned to be. J...

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• Grade Level: High School

... new and valuable, something "rich and strange." Zora Neale Hurston writes about her own sea change in "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," and she uses this symbolic transformation as one of the themes of Their Eyes Were Watching God. In the very beginning of the novel, Hurston describes the differences between the ways that men ... and women each think about the future. Men wish for things like "ships at a distance." Some of them realize their dreams, and some of them don't, but ... they all dream. Women, according to Hurston, "forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remem...

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... language is very evident within the first chapter of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The reader is given no introduction or preface as to what is going on in the story. We immediately have to read the language of the south and become familiar with their vocabulary. It is interesting how the reader becomes used ... and the dialect within just a few chapters. Dialog begins to make sense and becomes much simpler to read. Hurston uses language not only by literally using spelling that represents their dialect but also by representing control. Almost as if the "voice" rep...

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• Grade Level: High School