Their Eyes Were Watching God: Book Review
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is an African American based novel. This fiction story is about a character by the name of Janie Crawford, who finds her individuality through relationships. The relationship were not only within romantic ones, they also contained friendly and family ones. The major characters consisted of: Janie Crawford, Nanny, Logan Killicks, Joe Starks, Pheoby Watson, Nunkie, and Tea Cake. There were many conflicts throughout the novel. Janie had a hard time with her first marriage because she was actually forced into it. Her grandmother, Nanny, felt that marrying Logan Killicks was a great choice for her. Even though Janie did not love Logan, Nanny told her that eventually it may happen. This was a major conflict in the novel. Mostly because this made Janie began to follow someone else's path rather than hers. Another conflict would be Joe treating Janie like a status figure, instead of a wife. When Janie first met Joe, he seemed like a fa