The Pursuit Of Dreams In Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

I choose to analysis the ethical approach of “Zora Neal Hurston’s “How it Feels to be Colored Me.” I think the author used a very unique to say how she feel about herself. I can relate to the author, when she speaks of her town, and how she didn’t realize her skin until she left her. Growing up I really didn’t know how different my skin was, until I found myself in predominate white church. For a while, people treated me differently, until they realized I was human with a great heart and attitude.

My feelings of how I see the world are easily expressed throughout my hierarchy were most people can easily distinguish the different levels of it. When Hare says, “what we are concerned about comes out in what we choose to do” (Hare, 1993, 107) it cannot be more true. Actions speak a lot louder than words. In fact, I believe your actions are the only way to prove something truly matters to you. If you speak it without demonstrating any action, then it is as if it never even mattered to you. It was merely an imitation of others to satisfy what matters to them and not yourself. People should be able to distinguish what your hierarchy is based on the actions you take.

Life is time intervals of change that move each and every person with each passing moment, and reflect the world around us. Literature frequently reflects the culture along with the emotions and feelings of the environment and people around us. The novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, takes us through the life of Janie Crawford, a black woman in the early 1900’s, and her journey for love and identity through three different marriages. Janie’s different experiences and what goes on around her reflects how Zora Neale Hurston’s writing is both a reflection and departure from the ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, from the influence of slavery, and the re-emergence of stereotypes, respectively.

And, Hurston’s theme of writing is not direct, the plot is similar, a young woman is forced to marry an older widower. Hurston indicate Janie values in the novel: Their Eyes Are Watching God is joyless with her life, Hurston writes, “Ah ain’t got nothin’ tuh live for” (118). The change of the character growth represents how she has learned about life, including love, and sorrow. The author engage the reader attentions to overcoming fear can lead to harmony. Janie survival help understand that life is challenging , it is wonderful. Hurston narrates belief to motivate African American women to conquer and be strong. (49) The story finally tells that Janie found liberty and tranquility in her life. Her experience reflects on promoting women’s

“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return." Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel is about the main character Janie Crawford's ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny. Throughout Janie's life she searches for true, unconditional love. In her search she experiences different types of love which include a love that is protective by her grandmother and Logan while Joe Starks provides a possessive love.The love that has the most impact on Janie's life is her love of Tea Cake Woods because he is the love of her life. True love allows Janie to slowly gain independence and strength because of the relationships she has been in.

As once stated by Italio Calvino, “You take delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.” By what they behold, every city offers answers. However, that does not mean these answers are always accurate. Residing in South Florida, Eatonville and the Everglades contrast each other not only by the visual contents, but also the answers given to the self-actualizing questions of the protagonist, Janie Crawford. These answers, defining what the towns represent, utterly differ. Though commonly overlooked, these cities essentially contribute to Janie’s discovering of herself. The two focal settings in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Eatonville and the Glades, eagerly display

Their Eyes Were Watching God, written by Zora Neale Hurston, is the story of a young girl, Janie Crawford. Janie is a naive girl that believes marriage is an experience that she had under a pear tree in her grandmother's yard. She marries two men: Logan Killicks, by force and Joe Starks, by choice. Logan and Joe are two completely incompatible men, but they have relations to the way they didn't show Janie the love she desired. Janie's version of love is like a fairytale: unrealistic. She does not understand that love has both accomplishments and hardships. Janie desires to find true love, but she struggles to get the love she has wanted since she was 16 years old.

Zora Neale Hurston was an African American writer acknowledged for her short stories, being a folklorist, and an anthropologist. Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama, on January 7, 1891. She was daughter to two former slaves. “At the age of three her family moved to Eatonville, Florida.” (manythings.org). Like many aspects of her personal life and upbringing, the place she spent most of her life appeared in one of her later stories. As a young girl Hurston’s mind was “opened to literature after she was gifted a number of books from northern school teachers when they visited Eatonville.” (en.wikipedia.org). Perhaps this is the moment that spurred her aspiration to become a writer. Whatever it was, Hurston certainly turned out to be a success

In Zora Neale Hurston’s African American Literature Novel Their Eyes Watching God, she writes of a young female named Janie who journeys through life trying to find the perfect relationship. Throughout Janie’s relationships she discovered that she did not want to live a marriage life full of fear, unhappiness and sorrow. Janie’s ability to dream and to act on her instincts allows her to truly find her happiness with her last

Zora Neale Hurston 's Their Eyes Were Watching God is a remarkable novel that examines the life of the protagonist, Janie Crawford, as she struggles to find love that fulfills her. The novel is set in post slavery Florida, where African American men and women are acclimating to freedom and making their place in society. Janie Crawford is aware as she was raised by her grandmother, who was a former slave, in the absence of her mother and father. Janie 's grandmother tries her best to raise Janie to be intelligent, selective, and confident so that she can live a comfortable life that isn 't marred by hardship as her mother and grandmother lives were. When Janie is sixteen, her grandmother requests that she get married. Janie is reluctant, but

In New York on September 18, 1937, Zora Neale Hurston's book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, was published. Some critics misunderstood her vision and felt that Hurston's work diluted their efforts to battle racism. Zora Neale Hurston passed away on January 28, 1960 in Fort Pierce, Florida before she could even begin to realize what her literary works would do for the world.

Films representing the early 1900s never interested me, so you could imagine a novel. All that changed after reading Zola Neale Hurston’s Their Eye were watching God. In 1937, Zola Neale Hurston published the feminist novel Their Eye were watching God that helped changed societies view on women today. Hurston was an amazing author who wrote with her head, as well as her heart. Death, travel, murder, love, hate, gossip, politics and life were many Parts of Zola Neale Hurston’s their eyes were watching god that struck me as profound and interesting. The novel exploit three significant themes gender roles, race issues and identity. To my surprise during my reading I developed an emotional connection with Janie. Hurston is able to use Janie as a monument to portray the feminine roles bounded by the society of that time. Janie's a beautiful black southern woman who is search for love, identity and happiness.

Zora Neale Hurston sets her novel in Florida during the early 1900s. The novel begins in West Florida where Janie lives with her grandmother and a white family. As the novel progresses, Janie makes her way to other parts of Florida. She moves to the all-black town of Eatonville with Jody Starks and becomes a part of his sophisticated life. After Jody's death, Janie then joins a simpler community in the Everglades with Tea Cake. When Janie's time with Tea Cake comes to an end, she returns to Eatonville. The novel explores the racial views of the people during the time period of the early 20th century.

Throughout the course of production, literature and media have served as a medium for capturing diverse experiences. When queer and trans identities have been concerned, the material has provided meaningful content. Specific selections in this genre have portrayed the experiences of queer and trans characters as they intersect with race and gender. Nella Larsen’s book Passing and Cheryl Dunye’s film The Watermelon Woman both maintained the theme of colorism, specifically emphasizing its impact on queer women. The oppressive ideology has historically been maintained through pigmentocracy, a system where people with lighter skin benefit and are regarded as more valuable. Through close analysis and comparison of a historic text with a contemporary film, it is evident that colorism has been in place

In both novels you will see characters who face troubles and hard times because of bullying, racism and poverty, these themes are what help bring out the importance in both stories. You can scale the three themes down into one main category bullying, because people of different races and people who come from poverty create the perfect breeding ground for a bully. Arnold, Eleanor, and Park all face these three challenges, but in the end it makes them stronger.