Their Eyes Were Watching God is a widely known novel written by Zora Neale Hurston, one of America’s most fascinating authors. Their Eyes Were Watching God was published in 1937 and was quickly forgotten but has recently received a renewal of interest by many scholars. The novel has been praised as a unique contribution to African-American literature and admired by various people such as African Americanists for its commemoration of the black culture and dialect and by feminists for its portrayal of a woman’s path toward becoming self-aware and fulfilling her life. Although there are those that criticize the book in one way or another, there is, without a doubt, that the novel has many impressive uses metaphor, dialect, and folklore of southern …show more content…
Zora Neale Hurston was born in Eatonville, Florida, which was also used by Hurston as the main setting for many of her fiction writings such as Their Eyes Were Watching God. As for Hurston’s date of birth, no one is quite sure when she was born. While her autobiography stated that she was born on 7 January 1903, her family members claimed that she was born somewhere from 1891 to 1902. Hurston lived a colorful life of praise and criticism, success and hardship, and pride and ignominy. In her colorful life, her curiosity and intelligence led her to become one of America’s most fascinating writers. At a young age of 14 where present-day children are still living as a dependent with their parents and attending school, Hurston was left on her own. As a result, she began working as a maid for white families. This led her to Baltimore where she was sent to Morgan Academy by one of her employers. From there, Hurston’s educational opportunities expanded and took her to Barnard College under the wing of the anthropologist, Franz Boas, and then Howard University and afterward, Columbia