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Clothing Representation in Their Eyes Were Watching God
Summary: This essay is about the representation of clothing in Zora Neale Hurstons "Their Eyes Were Watching God." Throughout the novel Janie is allowed various levels of freedoms given to her by her various husbands and this freedom is shown by the different ways she is allowed to clothe herself.
Throughout the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, follows the story of a young woman named Janie Starks throughout her life of love. She marries three different men that all treat her differently throughout her marriage with them. Janie marries each man for different reasons and she is given different freedoms with each of them. The first man she marries is Logan Killicks whom she only married because it was an arranged marriage by her grandmother. The second man she marries is Joe Starks and she marries her for a love at first then once she lives with him for a while the love she thinks she has is wasted away and she only stays with him for security. Her third husband a man known as Tea Cake she married for love that sustained throughout his life. These men allowed her to have different...
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