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Janie experiences many things, making her a compelling character who takes readers along as her companion on her voyage to discover the mysteries and rewards life has to offer. Zora Neale Hurston was the daughter of a Baptist minister and an educated scholar who still believed in the genius contained within the common southern black vernacular (Hook http://splavc.spjc.cc.fl.us/hooks/Zora.html).

She was a woman who found her place, though unstable, in a typically male profession. Hurston was born January 7, 1891, in Eatonville, Florida, the first all-incorporated black town in America. When Hurston was thirteen she was removed from school and sent to care for her brother's children. She became a member of a traveling theater at the age of sixteen, and then found herself working as a maid for a white woman.

This woman saw the spark that was waiting for fuel, and arranged for Hurston to attend high school in Baltimore. She also attended Morgan Academy (now called Morgan State University) from which she graduated in June of 1918. She then enrolled in the Howard

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otivated by the most basic human instincts. Hurston in-bedded her own life experiences into Their Eyes Were Watching God with her clever incorporation of the prominent themes in society. While avoiding social prejudice, Zora seamlessly integrates her own racial discovery into her novel. The reader does not feel that she is projecting social prejudices or personal attacks, but rather imparts a tender, gentle revelation to Janie that she is Black. Janie is raised with white children in the home of the family for which her Grandmother works. She grows up playing, laughing, and enjoying the things that the white children do, so much so, that she is included in a family portrait. When she arrives to look at the picture, she doesn't see herself -- but rather a dark girl with long hair. "Where is me? Ah don't see me," she complains (Hurston 6). She had not realized till that moment that she was not white. To further the story-line, Hurston takes Janie on a journey of self-discovery with a slightly feminist twist. Throughout the novel Janie is confronted with the compelling desire by others to make her a "proper" woman. She is taught to be submissive. She is taught to have no opinion and no initiative. However, she learns over time, s
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