Their Eyes Were Watching God Summary

In the Book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston the main character is a black woman named Janie. The setting of this story takes place in the southern part of america in either the late 1800’s or early 1900’s. At this day in age the black woman was looked at as the mule of the world, having less rights and respect then a man would, and being treated differently because she is black. The book begins at the end of the story, she meets up with an old friend in her hometown after running off with a man that went by the name of Tea Cake. She then begins to tell her friend Pheoby her whole life story. Janie was raised by her grandmother, Nanny, she raises janie by herself and hopes one day Janie will grow and find a wealthy man that

Nanny calms her and pretty much tells her to tough through it, but the woman in Janie seeks love and happiness this isn’t how she wants to live her life. She begins meeting with another man that goes by the name of Jody in secret to fulfill the woman in her and find a life with happiness. After Janie and the farmer get into a huge argument she runs off with Jody to live in a small town in florida called Eatonville where there is no mayor and only 50 acres of land. Jody expands the town by 200 more acres and builds a store and begins to lead the town in a better direction and is soon given the title of Mayor. The town is poor and Jordy’s wealth makes him appear as a giant among ants, he designates Janie to run the store but he wants her to cover up her beautiful hair as he becomes jealous that other men will be attracted to it. He begins to restrict her from doing things in public, due to her being a female. This angers her but she keeps quiet, Janie doesn't believe that she should be caged at all, she's a flower, let her bloom. As Jordy grows old and begins to decay in age he insults the appearance of Janie to change the topic, but Janie isn't fooled she has aged but her beauty is still very