Talk:Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Analysis?
There isn't a single refrence here, and the section seems pretty opinionated, as if the author already read the book, isn' that original research? Gemroth (talk) 15:14, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

This section seems unnecessary:

"Similar criticisms have been leveled at Twain's Huckleberry Finn. But while Twain transforms the minstrel into a three-dimensional character, viewed through Huck's revelations, Hurston uses black southern dialect to show that complex social relationships and common feats of metaphoric language are possible in something considered "substandard" to English."

209.193.54.47 (talk) 06:13, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

The whole analysis section would be better deleted than edited. 71.228.193.207 (talk) 13:41, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

How does an object or emotion 'lie dominant below a surface'? the verbiage is confusing and unreliable in the Analysis section. Sample45 (talk) 04:49, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

wikipedia is not a proper venue to defend Hurston against her contempory critics. the section "criticism" final line reads: "This concern is quickly dispelled, however, as the character is largely an adversary of the rest in the book." it seems to defend the novel against its critics, rather than report criticism of it, and seems inapt at that, since the critics were concerned about the "exposure" to whites of the rift between light-skinned and dark-skinned blacks. telling an embarressing secret to a groups' enemy can't be defended by merely appealing to the fact that revealing that secret wasn't central to a long story one told.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.29.203 (talk) 18:45, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

character discussion: Janie spends this entire novel coming into her own. The beginning of the novel shows Janie, at 16, coming of age. She is beginning to, innocently, discover her sexuality. Her kiss with Johnny Taylor serves as a kind of catalyst into what her life would become – a life ruled by another. Her grandmother serves as her first source of control; alarmed by her granddaughter’s behavior and afraid she will live up to her mother’s example, she urges Janie to marry a respectable man she did not love. This is when Logan Killicks is introduced into the plot; he is a briefly discussed but important character. He, a much older man, expects certain things from his marriage to Janie such as her participation in the manual labor. This is clearly not what Janie was expecting when she agreed to marry Logan – her vision of marriage included her serving as a purely domestic woman. This disagreement quickly leads to her resentment of Logan. Logan has taken the role her grandmother once held as Janie’s controller and so she seeks escape, an escape which she finds upon meeting Joe Starks (Jody). Joe has a fantastical idea of how his life is going to play out. He has many ambitions and is determined to see those dreams take flight. He promises the world to Janie, which she finds endlessly appealing. He offers her the opportunity to get away from her husband who has created a life she never wanted to lead. Janie, despite only knowing him a day, marries Jody. Jody brings Janie to Eatonville, an up and coming town in which he planned to invest. Joe manages to make it big in Eatonville, becoming mayor and opening multiple businesses; he is as charming with the residents as he was with Janie. When realizing his dreams he creates a role for Janie she wasn’t truly prepared to fulfill. She had wanted to be a housewife, to be taken care of, she hadn’t anticipated, however, the lack of respect she would be granted. She had thought by running off with Jody and leaving Logan behind that she was taking control of her life, but she was just choosing a different unhappy life. Jody didn’t let her speak at or attend public events, citing it wasn’t her place. He instructed her to dress in a more modest fashion than he had initially promised her. Janie spends twenty years with Jody and until the very end he treats her as one of his pawns, not even allowing her to see him on his death bed. It is upon Jody’s death that we meet Tea Cake. Tea Cake (Vergible Woods) is a younger man who drifts into town after Jody dies, meeting Janie at the store she owns. She sees in him what she had seen in Jody so many years ago, promise. She marries Tea Cake with very different motives than ever before. She is self sufficient and doesn’t need him to care for her financially but she depends on him emotionally as she has never done with any of her other husbands. She forgives his faults and allows him to get away with a lot more than she would ever have allowed Logan or Jody. Despite his gambling and slight physical abuse she is totally devoted to him. It is ironic that she must kill Tea Cake, as he is the love of her life, the one who has allowed her to live the life she has always wanted. When he is bitten by a rabid dog and effectively threatens her life, she must protect herself and for the first time, takes control of her own destiny. Janie goes on trial and is found innocent. It is when she returns back to Eatonville with her gossiping neighbors that she finally is living for herself and not to please anybody else. A woman, who lost herself in the expectations of those who loved her most, finds her true identity and bliss in her isolation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amasc505 (talk • contribs) 02:22, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Just a heads up. An academic group, including myself, will be adding several critical analyses to this section in the next few days. They should be brief, cited properly and adhere to Wikipedia guidelines.Jistsumgai (talk) 19:48, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Their Eyes Were Watching God
What is this novel mainly about ( Their Eyes Were Watching God) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.179.157.220 (talk) 18:56, 24 February 2022 (UTC)