Zora Neale Hurston, born on January 7, 1891, was a very important writer and folklorist of the Harlem Renaissance. However, she was not always a writer. As a young girl, Hurston joined a Gilbert & Sullivan traveling troupe before she finished high school. But when she was 26, she decided to go back to high school, so she subtracted ten years off her age to be able to go back! She did graduate from high school, and she also graduated from Barnard College in 1928. It was only after she graduated from college that she became a folklorist and writer, and published several novels that sympathetically portrayed black life. However, Hurston fell out of humor; she died penniless, without even a headsotne. Luckily, she has been rediscovered, and many books, including Their Eyes Were Watching God, are taught in high schools and colleges.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God is Zora Neale Hurston's second novel, which takes place in Florida. Janey Woods, the main character, speaks with an accent that was normal for Southern blacks in that time. Janey had some problems growing up, but she still had a caring grandmother and a loving friend. The novel tells of Janey's life, explained from Janey's point of view to her friend, Pheobe. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janey's life is told, from birth all the way up to the self-discovery that Janey recently made. Although there is sorrow in Janey's life, this is a positive novel, especially because of what Janey has learned about herself.
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