“Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston wrote this book because she was writing about the Harlem Renaissance. I disagree on it being a Harlem Renaissance and more like a feminist modern book. For it to be a Harlem Renaissance, it should have all of the components, but it doesn’t have all of them. The book only has self-determination and destroys old racial stereotypes. It’s a feminist book because Jannie is making her own choices after her nanny’s death. One of the examples of her making her own decision is her running away from Logan Killicks and going to Eatonville with Joe Starks. After Joe Starks death, she started being herself and letting her hair down. Tea Cake came to Eatonville and they fell in love and moved to …show more content…
Ah reckon ah look mah age too.” Janie believes that she can find better after guys and guys. Vergible Woods comes along and Janie believes that Tea Cake is the perfect guy for her. Janie thought her happiness was being an independent and happy woman. But it didn’t happen to me. Janie’s first husband Logan Killicks was saddened. She left right away when she got the chance. She left with Joe Starks to Eatonville. She thought that Joe was a great man and husband at first. But after years, Joe has shown his actual personality and that Janie did not want him anymore because he’s not the same guy that she met. When Joe dies, she does whatever she wants as she pleases. After his death, she chooses to go with Tea Cake because he made her happy. Pheoby Watson thought it was a bad idea to date Tea Cake. But since Janie was finally an independent woman, she took the advantage to date him. “Infants of the Spring” by Wallace Thurman is a good book to read as a Harlem Renaissance book. “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston is more of a feminist book than a Harlem Renaissance. I chose this book because it mock’s the Harlem Renaissance very