Analysis Of The Sitter In Their Eyes Were Watching God

In Their Eyes Were Watching God the people who are sitting on the porch are made into one entity in many ways. The sitters are referred to as one entity in the fourth paragraph of chapter one when the author says “ These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long. Mules and other brutes had occupied their skins.” They are referred to “skins” instead of individual people, which gives a notion that they are all equal and lowly. The author portrays the sitters as powerful and lively when the “bossmann” doesn’t come back. Another instance of when the people who are sitting on the porch are made into one entity is when the author adds in the girls sitting on another porch talking about Janie Stark in a negative way.