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Examples Of Imagery In Their Eyes Were Watching God

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“The shirt with the silk sleevholders was dazzling enough for the world.” Pg. 27. These quotes emphasize the imagery that is shown in the novel. The quotes explains the glamorous and luxurious clothe that joe owned and wore. The novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, written by Zora Neale Hurston is a novel that portrays a lot of unique and surprising imagery. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel about Janie Crawford and the hardship she goes through to find what love is and to find the right spouse for her. The word choice of Hurston is unique and can help the reader imagine and understand what Janie's life was like and how life was back in the day.

The theme that the book consists of is love and finding your true self. In the novel it displays a numerous amount of evidence that shows how love is and what true love is to Janie and her spouses. In the story it states “Love is like the sea. Its a moving thing, but still in all it takes it shape from the shore it meets and is different with every shore.” (191) Ch. 20. This quote explains and shows how love is mysterious and shows what love is and how some people find it. Love is what makes the story what it is. It explains and shows why love is needed for …show more content…

In the story it states “Dirt roads are so rich and black that a half mile of it would have fertilized Arkansas wheat fields.” This quote explains how the dirt roads looked and how it could help fertilize other areas of the world because of the richness. Another example of imagery and beauty used in the novel is “They sat on the boarding house porch and saw the sun plunge into some crack in the earth.” This quote shows the beauty of the sun and how people would sit and view the beauty of it. Not only is imagery used to show the atmosphere of the novel but imagery is also used to describe the characters of the

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