Analysis Of Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, was born in 1891 in Alabama. She studied anthropology and liked to tell many stories about her African-American heritage and even other cultures. Hurston became interested in writing in her early thirties where she would write short stories and sometimes script plays. During the development of her writing career, she played an important role in the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston even traveled to Haiti and then Jamaica which mainly inspired her most famous piece of work Their Eyes Were Watching God. (Bio.) Hurston’s novel is about an African-American who is trying to find her true identity and a real passion. Throughout the novel, Janie Crawford, the main character finds herself