Their Eyes Were Watching God in Classics Without All the Class

Feb 16, 2010 Carol rated it it was amazing

Touching story, could relate to Janie And her struggles throughout her life.

From page 160 -- The wind came back with triple fury, and put out the light for the last time. They sat in company with the others in other shanties, their eyes straining against crude walls and their souls asking if He meant to measure their puny might against His. They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.

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Aug 02, 2010 Beth Diiorio rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, florida

This female author was definitely ahead of her time considering this was written in 1937. The characters speaking in dialect gave me sense of their personality and relationships with each other. Some of Hurston's metaphor's were amazing! ...more

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Jan 13, 2010 Kristi Krumnow rated it really liked it

Anecdotal story, many of which I still think about today.

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Aug 30, 2009 Carol rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: modern-literature, womanist-lit, 1001, 100-best-novels

The dialog in this novel was so enjoyable to read. A wonderful story of a woman finding herself and love through the ups and downs of life. Hurston is a great writer. I found the change of voices interesting and helped make this novel great. My favorite quote is

"...you got to go there to know there. Yo' papa and yo' mama and nobody else can't
tell yuh and show yuh. Two things everbody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They gotuh
go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves." ...more

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