Belief in Freedom in Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston

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In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, discussed the existence of freedom in life and overcoming the challenges that comes with it. Firstly, she used the differentiation between the two races. Secondly gender sexuality between the males and females. Thirdly, slavery of African- American suffered while and after the civil war from the whites. After is the history of Eatonville, Florida and the changes it had on the world. Next, is the culture and tradition the African-American had and practiced and its effect on the world. Lastly, the positives and negatives power impacts on people. Hurston wanted to portray in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the existence of freedom comes with restrictions and limitations, but believing in freedom allows one to overcome these challenges.
Racism is a disease that limits the freedom of a group that shares one exact common thing, for example the African-American people in the 1800’s. First example that proves racism limiting the freedom of particular group was presented in the novel, where the majority of the white people thought of black people as slaves and that the black people do not deserve anything in life. In the novel, this was addressed in the beginning of the novel, where Janie who was the “protagonist” in the story that mostly represented the author out of all the characters in the novel, was made fun off and teased when she wore the old clothes that were given to her from her neighbour Mrs. Washburn because her grandchildren did not need them anymore. This shows how the whites view the black people, and how it affected the children as well. This example can be analysed using the social constructivism, where this theory can be used to identify that rac...

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