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Their Eyes Were Watching God Character Analysis

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In order for a bildungsroman novel to be successful, it must recount the development of its protagonist from youth to maturity, and the pivotal moment in which that character recognizes his or her place in the world. In Zora Neale Hurtson’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, the quester, Janie, completes a spiritual and psychological quest in order to achieve maturity and self-actualization. Ironically, in this coming-of-age novel Janie is an adult character; however, she experiences many struggles of balance of power in her relationships that eventually lead her to a critical moment in her adult life when she finally blossoms into an independent woman.
At the very beginning of Janie’s journey, most of the events that occurred in her life were
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