Hurston/Their Eyes Were Watching God

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A 4 page essay that discusses the overall framework of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, which features a female protagonist who survives both racism and patriarchy to become a strong, independent woman. Janie Crawford, Hurston's heroine, is first presented as an idealistic, but compliant girl who agrees to marry a man she does not love in order to please her grandmother. However, even in youth, Janie demonstrates the fortitude to reject her situation when it does not fit her aspirations and she moves on, eventually arriving at a mature relationship with her third husband. At each stage, Janie learns and evolves until she is ready to face life on her own, strong, independent, and capable. No additional sources cited.