Their Eyes Were Watching God: Inspirational Story or Romance? The novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is a very powerful and emotionally moving piece of Literature. The movie, although made with a different purpose, still captures significant details and emotions, which makes it an unforgettable motion picture. The author, Zora Neale Hurston, and the director, Darnell Martin, approach their works with different purposes in mind. The author, being the original creator, wrote this book to inspire women by sharing the story of Janie developing as a woman and finding her own voice.
“Their Eyes Were Watching God” Gender Expectations Critical Analysis In the early 1930’s, women had several expectations to meet when it came to family values and responsibilities. Maybe it was cleaning, staying home and taking care of the family, or maybe satisfying the husband simply by fulfilling his needs. In the novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, the author, Zora Neale Hurston, demonstrates, through the main character Janie, several characteristics of which a wife should live by and also abide. As soon as Janie begins to show a little intelligence, voice, or authority she is immediately defined as too masculine and unattractive. Knowing this makes Janie sit back and keep quiet, for the most part, until she finds the right person in which she can easily be herself around.
What audience did Dorothy Day have in mind when writing her autobiography? Who was she trying to reach and what was her message? Reading through The Long Loneliness, I got a sense that she was writing her autobiography for the general public. I don’t believe Dorothy Day wrote her book in hopes of directing it to any audience in particular which can be seen through one of her quotes: “We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community” (The Long Loneliness 286). In fact, this quote makes me firmly believe that this book was written with hopes that its readers would be able to relate to at least some of the feelings and events mentioned in it.
Hughes regretted his decision, but he did not want to keep everyone else waiting. This illustrates the common issue of Christians claiming to be followers of Christ, yet attending church is the only religious action they perform. The way that the aunt kept telling Hughes to come and be saved provided a coerced feel to her motives. His childlike innocence of expecting Jesus to literally walk into the church accompanied by bright lights led to his confusion as to why members of the congregation went up to the front of the aisle and Westley only going because he was tired of sitting. He took the faith aspects of religion literally, leading to his genuine confusion.
It gave me hope it did to get out this bloody place, start a fresh life and maybe just maybe be treated like a real guy for a change. (imagine it, rest chin on hands) I really thought this would happen I really did and Candy perked up as well saying he would pay for it with his compensation for his hand. But then blommin’ Lennie has to go and mess it all up that crazy bastard... He goes (sigh) and has to kill Curley’s wife. I heard it all happenin’ from inside me shed, Curley’s wife was bragging on about bloody anything to try and get Lennie into trouble!
Seriously agitated, the Big Nurse guilt trips one of the patients, Billy Bibbit, until he commits suicide. After this incident, McMurphy is blamed for the trouble, in which he retaliates by revealing Nurse Ratched’s breast, and even strangling her on an occasion.
Kathleen 1 Victoria Kathleen AP English 4 30 September2012 Janie’s Journey Through Spiritual and Emotional Development In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, the protagonist, Janie is on a journey to find true love and self awareness. In the beginning of the novel Janie is a sixteen year old living with her grandmother, Nanny who wants nothing but stability for Janie and arranges a marriage for her. Janie is not content with just stability, Janie wants the passion, love, independence and to truly live. Through the harmony in nature, the use of hair to show her power and identity, the debate of love and independence as well as the interaction in the community, Hurston shows how Janie’s emotions and spirituality evolve. Janie’s search for love begins with the harmony she finds in nature.
She is constantly advised by her uncle, The Mouth, to focus on religion and follow the word of Menno Simmons in order to live a blissful life. The residents of the town acted as if they were purely religious. However, they all put on a hypocritical mask and opposed religion while being undercover. This was one of the main reasons why Nomi hated her community with a passion. The eyes of T.J. Eickelberg in “The Great Gatsby”, and the Mouth in “A Complicated Kindness”, were a symbol of God.
This research paper discusses the female elements in “Their Eyes were Watching God” by Zora Neale. The author has focused on the aspects of the novel related to femininity. The novel is a depiction of a woman’s desire for autonomy, especially within an exiled community reliant upon each person’s upholding of common bonds, is perceived as a threat to the fabric that sustains said community’s sense of identity, purpose, and viability. 2. Literature Review 2.1 Story of Women Struggle “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, is no doubt the life story of the author Zora Neale Hurston.
In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Flannery O'Connor shows us that in some situation the very humans that preach the good lord's name everyday will throw away all their teachings in a instance to save their own life. While in “On Her Catholic Faith” she tells us why her faith is unwavering and that she will never disbelieve, which important because the whole point in religion is to trust God's choices. A religious belief should not be broken easily considering if you slightly dis believe what the holy book tell you it could mean you spiraling into a demon infested hell hole. In the short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” we see that religion doesn’t turn out to be the most important thing to the grandmother after all. Throughout the story you perceive her as a very religious person, someone who would never give up her faith.