There Eyes Were Watching God

Womans representations in the novel "There Eyes Were Watching God," is terrible. Woman are constantly degraded, looked down upon, misjudged, and unappreciated. Janie for instance, fell into a trap of lies of her husband Joe Starks. He tells her that she can't speak, becuase woman arent able to speak for themselves. He tells her that she isnt able to do all the things that woman should be, and are now capable of. The book is titled , "There Eyes Were Watching God," but gods eyes werent watching theirs, because if he was, he wouldnt let woman be portrayed this way.

Comments

[Amanda M]

I agree that in the book so far, representations of women have been pretty negative. Maybe as the book progresses women will seek agency and the way how they are portrayed will change.

[Jane Alice]

I agree with this completly, Joe see's Janie as just another one of his things he bought with his charm and money.

[Kevin Hardin]

I actually disagree because Janie is portrayed as a strong charismatic girl who can stand up for herself. Joe treats her better than the man that Janie's grandmother married her off with. There are a few times where he becomes abusive but towards the end of Joe's life Janie begins to stand up for herself again. This book has a positive message about women in general.