The Different Places in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching G

The Different Places in Zora Neale Hurstons Their eye Were Watching GodIts amazing that one state faeces have within it places that differ greatly in all aspectspeople, surrounding, weather, and odor. Zora Neale Hurston exemplifies this phenomenon in Their Eyes Were Watching God. There are a multitude of differences amongst Eatonville, FL and the Everglades each place represents a certain theme or feeling to Janie (the main character) and their differences each contribute to the meaning of the novel as a whole. Eatonville is just hours away from the Everglades so it seems that these two places must have something in common, especially if theyre in the same book, but they dont unless you count Janie living in both places as something similar. While Janie is wed to Joe Starks in Eatonville, she loses her sense of self. Joe makes her wear her hair up and shes case-hardened as if shes Joes servant, not wife. This is much different than the interposition she gets in the Everglades w ith Tea Cake. Tea Cake allows her to be his peer and be herself. Janie is tied down in Eatonvi...