They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves. Janie is one black woman who doesn’t have to live lost in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic dreams, instead Janie proclaims that she has done “two things everbody’s got tuh do fuh theyselves. Though Jaine’s story does not end happily, it does draw to a satisfying conclusion. Light-skinned, long-haired, dreamy as a child, Janie grows up expecting better treatment than she gets until she meets Tea Cake, a younger man who engages her heart and spirit in equal measure and gives her the chance to enjoy life without being a man’s mule or adornment. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) is a classic Harlem Renaissance novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston. With haunting sympathy and piercing immediacy, Their Eyes Were Watching God tells the story of Janie Crawford’s evolving selfhood through three marriages. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Out of print for almost thirty years, but since its reissue in paperback edition by the University of Illionois Press in 1978, Their Eyes Were Watching God has become the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature. A short summary of Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God. When first published in 1937, this novel about a proud, independent black woman was generally dismissed by male reviewers.
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