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Title: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ISBN: 0-06-093141-8 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.26 (276 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: True Definition of Love is found
Comment: The definition of love varies from one person to the next, however has the same median with everyone; trust and faith. In "Their Eyes Were Watching God" the definition of love is hidden until the lead character, Janie, finds out the meaning on her own. Throughout the book, Janie meets many men who she feels she is in love with. Her Nanny tells her that love really means the amount of possessions they owned, such as land, home and money, etc... and that is what Janie thinks love is too. However, as the book continues and Janie is not being treated approprietly by her leading men, she realizes that Nanny's meaning of "love" is not correct. By the end of the book Janie finds true love with a man by the name of TeaCake. This book was difficult to understand for the first few chapters due to the complicated southern dialect, but as the book picked up, it became easier to read and comprehend. It is a good book for all ages to read. Love is the universal language. It connects people in many ways around the world. In the book the true definition of love shines through and helps a young woman stand up for herself and realize who she really loves.
Rating: 5
Summary: Probably Hurston's greatest gift to world literature
Comment: "There Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston, is widely acknowledged as a beloved classic of American literature. This novel is truly one of those great works that remains both entertaining and deeply moving; it is a book for classrooms, for reading groups of all types, and for individual readers.
In "There Eyes," Hurston tells the life story of Janie, an African-American woman. We accompany Janie as she experiences the very different men in her life. Hurston's great dialogue captures both the ongoing "war of the sexes," as well as the truces, joys, and tender moments of male-female relations. But equally important are Janie's relationships with other Black women. There are powerful themes of female bonding, identity, and empowerment which bring an added dimension to this book.
But what really elevates "Their Eyes" to the level of a great classic is Hurston's use of language. This is truly one of the most poetic novels in the American canon. Hurston blends the engaging vernacular speech of her African-American characters with the lovely "standard" English of her narrator, and in both modes creates lines that are just beautiful.
"Their Eyes" captures the universal experiences of pain and happiness, love and loss. And the whole story is told with both humor and compassion. If you haven't read it yet, read it; if you've already read it, read it again.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Journey Toward Self Discovery
Comment: To end my senior year, my English teacher assigned my class to read a book of our choice and to present the novel to the class, thus preparing us all for the dreaded Advanced Placement exam. I must admit that I chose "Their Eyes Were Watching God" simply on account of its length; of course I waited until the last minute to read it. I was expecting it to be another book about the oppression of blacks by whites-I cannot count how many of that theme I have read. I opened the front cover, dreading the next 200 pages. As I began to read, however, I was intrigued. Hurston had created a character, Janie Crawford, who was searching for a voice, for her own identity, a topic that I could actually relate to, especially now, as I head off to college. Janie, like most of my peers, didn't know who she was. She was married early in her teen years and for most of her life had been a trophy wife to Jody, her second husband. Not until she met Tea Cake did she begin to have a chance to discover herself. Originally, all she knew about herself was that she was a woman. Her mulatto background added to the confusion of where she belonged. Although the ending of the book was by no means a happy one, it was bittersweet when Janie realized that she was an individual who did not need a man to be worth something as a human being.
Libby Inchalik '04
Mercy High School
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Title: Their Eyes Were Watching God (Cliffs Notes) by Megan E. Ash ISBN: 0764586610 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 11 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 0684801523 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Awakening by Kate Chopin ISBN: 0380002450 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 10 February, 1982 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison ISBN: 0679732764 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne ISBN: 0553210092 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1965 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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