Character Map for Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale
Their Eyes Were Watching God is Hurston’s best-known work, a novel that centers around Janie, a poor black girl raised in Florida by her grandmother, who is always searching for something more. Her struggle with who she wants to be versus who others expect her to be is a central conflict throughout the novel.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God characters - Janie Mae Crawford
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- JANIE MAE CRAWFORD
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- Quiet; determined; restless; gentle; avoids confrontation; wishes to find true love; has a quiet inner strength
- Fair-skinned; long dark hair; beautiful; graceful
- “The familiar people and things had failed her so she hung over the gate and looked up the road towards way off. She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.”
- LOGAN KILLICKS
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- JOE (JODY) STARKS
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- TEA CAKE
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- PHOEBY WILSON
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- MRS. TURNER
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