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Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Zora Neale Hurston Biography

Early Years
Family Life
Work and School
Career Highlights
Anthropology, Folklore, and Godmother
Hurston's Stories on the Stage
Fading Tracks on a Dusty Road
Eatonville Honors Hurston

About Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20

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Character Analysis

Janie Crawford Killicks Starks Woods
Nanny
Logan Killicks
Joe Starks
Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods
Pheoby Watson
Sam Watson
The Porch Sitters
The Migrants

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Love, Independence, and Judgment as Major Themes of Their Eyes Were Watching God
Framing the Story: The Unique Structure of Their Eyes Were Watching God
Figurative Language in Their Eyes Were Watching God
Hurston's Use of Dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Love is lak de sea . . . it's different with every shore Hurston uses the simile to explain that love is different for everyone who experiences it.

fetid having a bad smell, as of decay; putrid.

commence to begin; start; originate.

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