Theme in Their Eyes Were Watching GOD

The theme that Zora Neale Hurston is trying to show in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching GOD is one of finding love and living your life. The journey that Janie went through with two loveless marriages and finding love in a person that she normally would not be associated with. She The message that I believe the author of this novel is trying to convey is that you have to live your life and not just go through life playing it safe. Live and sometimes take chances in order to have your happiness. This book teaches us that the role of women during this time period is one of inequality to men in society. During this period they are the "punching bag" or buffer that they use to take their fustrations out on. They are their servants, sexual victims, slaves, and housekeepers. During this period women's role was menial and not one of respect and equality with men as it is today. This period is one generation removed from that of being raped by their white masters and not being considered a real person but one of property. A women's status during this period is one upgrade from where they were but still one of degredation and subservience to men.