Their Eyes Were Watching God | Themes and Characters
Their Eyes Were Watching God charts the development of an African-American woman living in the 1920s and 1930s as she searches for her true identity. Although the novel follows Janie through three relationships with men, most critics see its main theme to be Janie's search for herself. She must fight off the influences of her grandmother, who encourages her to sacrifice self-fulfillment for security, and her first two husbands, who stifle her development. Her second husband, Jody, has an especially negative impact on Janie's growth as his bourgeois aspirations turn her into a...
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