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Characters
Themes & Motifs
Author & Background
Plot
100
The main character of the novel
Who is Janie?
100
The most prominent motif in Their Eyes Were Watching God
What is love?
100
The author of Their Eyes Were Watching God
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
100
The city that the main character is at the beginning and the end of the book.
What is Eatonville?
200
The following passage: "They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down." is in reference to this character.
Who is Joe Starks?
200
The main character's hair is often used to symbolize this.
What is freedom/independence?
200
The social and cultural movement, which the author of Their Eyes was a prominent figure in.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
200
What the main character does when she feels repressed by her second husband.
What is being obedient and pretending that nothing is wrong?
300
The following passage: "He looked like the love thoughts of women. He could be a bee to a blossom--a pear tree blossom in the spring. He seemed to be crushing scent out of the world with his footsteps. Crushing aromatic herbs with every step he took. Spices hung about him. He was a glance from God." is in reference to this character.
Who is Tea Cake?
300
The theme in the following passage: "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.
What is "pursue your dream"?
300
The year that Their Eyes Were Watching God was published
What is 1937?
300
The event that the main character's grandmother witnesses, and leads to her getting married off immediately.
What is Janie kissing Johnny Taylor?