Their Eyes Were Watching God Feminist Essay

Zora Neale Hurston, a woman of moving, “anthropological and folkloric field work” had taken the underground literature world by storm with her 1937 work of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” , a moving piece of magical work for the life of the oppressed woman. With references to her own life such as Eatonville and the multiple marriages, I began to see how though there are traits of a non- feminist novel it does have the correct tones of feminism. Being as though the novel was written in the 20th century where women had just gained equal rights as men, (thanks to the works of The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies ( NUWSS) Suffragists , the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) Suffragettes and the likes thereof) the story was given an earned place in literature history.
The text holds valid forms of characteristics of feminist literature such as an attempt in change of gender norms, a protagonist female lead character, and a
No, you can’t believe everything you read on the internet but these are seemingly accurate definitions. I believe the text was written in basis of a coming to age story for a young teen named Janie Crawford and in telling her story she unintentionally embodied the traits of a feminist, though Janie was pretty unaware when it came to a love-life and the trials between needs and wants she goes against male dominance, the normalcy of a woman (in those times) and her grandmother’s “smart” , convenient and easier way of life. In the text , a good example is when Janie leaves her first husband, any other woman would probably fear for her life at the thought of such an idea but Janie actually went through with