Dec 30, 2009
Their Eyes Were Watching God | Their Eyes Were Watching God
At a glance:
- Author: Zora Neale Hurston
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: Around 1900
- Setting: Florida
- Principal Characters: Janie Crawford Killicks Starks Woods, Pheoby Watson, Nanny, Logan Killicks, Joe Starks, Tea Cake Woods
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Folklore
- Subjects: African Americans, Self-discovery, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Florida, Migrant labor, Floods, Rabies
- Locales: Eatonville, FL
The Story:
Janie Starks had returned to town. One sundown, the Eatonville
inhabitants watched and gossiped as Janie walked the street toward
her house, dressed in overalls, with her long braid hanging down
her back. Only her friend Pheoby had the kindness to greet her.
Pheoby sat down to hear her friend’s story.
As a little girl, Janie had assumed she was white. She lived
with her grandmother and played constantly with the children of the
Washburns, for whom Nanny worked. Only when a photographer took the
children’s picture did Janie realize that she was the black...
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