Summary Of Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston

Literature is full of messages, both hidden and in the open. These messages reveal a lot about what was happening during the period or even what could still be occurring now. For instance Eva’s Man by Gayl Jones and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston contain hidden messages about their time period that reveal gender inequality, sexuality, the idea of “romantic love”, as well as abjection of women. These messages reveal the truth about the ideal romantic love, how women were viewed, how they were treated based on these views and as well and how women were deprived of their sexuality.

In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston, Hurston reveals a lot about gender inequality, woman sexuality and abjection toward

Logan just looked at me, grinning, and walked on by.” (Jones 13-15)

This excerpt show how Jones depicts the sexuality and sexual behavior of Freddy as a natural thing and how when a woman asks for help in many times they are over looked and/or ignored. Mr. Logan despite begin asked by a child, younger than the age of 8, for help he just looked at Freddy, smiled and continued about his business. This depiction of Freddy’s behavior toward Eva being natural also gives rise to the belief that men are aggressive and forceful by nature since it is a common occurrence starting at a young age. Another situation in which Jones depicts gender inequality as well as the abjection toward women is in the fight between Eva’s mother, Marie, and father, John; when her father decides to confront her mother about her “friend” Tyrone. Jones depicts both sexual gender inequality and Abjection toward women play and important aspect in life, in the following excerpt:

“Then it was like I could hear her clothes ripping. I don't know if the gentleness had been for me, or if it had been the kind of hurt gentleness one gets before they let go. But now he was tearing that blouse off and those underthings. I didn't hear nothing from her the whole time. I didn't hear a thing from