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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Novel by Zora Neale Hurston
Why should I read Their Eyes Were Watching God?
The first reason you’ll like Their Eyes Were Watching God is because it reads fairly quickly, despite the colloquialisms and black southern dialect. It’s a story that moves. Second, you’ll enjoy this story because it has interesting characters who do interesting and unexpected things, as alluded to above.
Why is Their Eyes Were Watching God a banned book?
Zora Neale Hurston’s 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God was banned for a few reasons. The novel was challenged because of the instances of sexual assault, murder, vituperative verbiage, and abuse.
How long does it take to read Their Eyes Were Watching God?
3 hours and 54 minutes
How does Their Eyes Were Watching God start?
Their Eyes Were Watching God possesses a unique structure. The story is told in the context of a “frame.” The novel both begins and ends with two people, Janie and Pheoby, sitting on the porch of Janie’s house. The reader encounters Janie’s experiences as Janie faced them, yet Hurston controls the story.