Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20

Themes

All Themes Gender Roles and Relations Voice, Language and Storytelling Desire, Love, and Independence Power, Judgment, and Jealousy Race and Racism

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Characters

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Symbols

All Symbols The Horizon The Pear Tree Checkers Mule The Hurricane

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
& Analysis

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20

Themes

All Themes
Gender Roles and Relations
Voice, Language and Storytelling
Desire, Love, and Independence
Power, Judgment, and Jealousy
Race and Racism

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Janie Crawford
Tea Cake
Jody Starks
Logan Killicks
Nanny Crawford
Leafy Crawford
Pheoby Watson
Sam Watson
Captain Eaton
Hezekiah Potts
Mr. and Mrs. Robbins
Annie Tyler and Who Flung
Mrs. Turner
Dr. Simmons

Symbols

All Symbols
The Horizon
The Pear Tree
Checkers
Mule
The Hurricane

Theme Wheel

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Lieberman, Charlotte. "Their Eyes Were Watching God." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 17 Sep 2013. Web. 16 Nov 2019.

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Lieberman, Charlotte. "Their Eyes Were Watching God." LitCharts LLC, September 17, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/their-eyes-were-watching-god.

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