Their Eyes Were Watching God Movie Analysis
Book and Movie Comparison
The general thought of films based off of a novel is negative towards the film, in the case of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God I will have to agree with the general thought. The film adapted for television by Oprah Winfrey does not include many of the important or want to see exciting details from the novel. The novel also exaggerated some parts of the book on psychological level, for example the hatred people had for one another. It was a good movie without doubt, yet I think they could of have done a better job staying on the novels storyline. Janie’s life with Tea Cake lasts only about a year and a half. Yet the film made it seem as though the relationship lasted much longer. Though it was the most significant relationship of her life, for through it Janie gains the voice (identity) that has been squelched for her previous 37 years and through that voice saves herself from prison, the love story overshadows the character development.The movie is it doesn’t depict the sense of community that Zora Neal Hurston portrays profoundly in her book. This is a problem because the book is supposed to show the reader how an African American woman tries to make her way through the hardships of life and find out who she is. I think the the actors and actresses did a good job at conveying the love …show more content…
This stuck out to me especially in the scene when the hurricane comes to the Glades. The novel discusses how Janie, Motorboat, and Tea Cake were all together, waiting out the storm. But the movie doesn’t have that at all. The movie doesn’t even introduce a character named Motorboat, and in fact only mentions the name once. Motorboat gives a sense of community because he influences Janie and Tea Cake throughout the storm, or until they leave him in the
The general thought of films based off of a novel is negative towards the film, in the case of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God I will have to agree with the general thought. The film adapted for television by Oprah Winfrey does not include many of the important or want to see exciting details from the novel. The novel also exaggerated some parts of the book on psychological level, for example the hatred people had for one another. It was a good movie without doubt, yet I think they could of have done a better job staying on the novels storyline. Janie’s life with Tea Cake lasts only about a year and a half. Yet the film made it seem as though the relationship lasted much longer. Though it was the most significant relationship of her life, for through it Janie gains the voice (identity) that has been squelched for her previous 37 years and through that voice saves herself from prison, the love story overshadows the character development.The movie is it doesn’t depict the sense of community that Zora Neal Hurston portrays profoundly in her book. This is a problem because the book is supposed to show the reader how an African American woman tries to make her way through the hardships of life and find out who she is. I think the the actors and actresses did a good job at conveying the love …show more content…
This stuck out to me especially in the scene when the hurricane comes to the Glades. The novel discusses how Janie, Motorboat, and Tea Cake were all together, waiting out the storm. But the movie doesn’t have that at all. The movie doesn’t even introduce a character named Motorboat, and in fact only mentions the name once. Motorboat gives a sense of community because he influences Janie and Tea Cake throughout the storm, or until they leave him in the