The purpose of Their Eyes Were Watching God is to promote independence. The protagonist does not care what anyone thinks of her but does what she wishes as she searches for "self fulfillment."This fits in with the time period because of its depiction of African American culture, and it also takes place partially in Eatonville, the first all African American town to be incorporated and thus a symbol of progress for African Americans. Another idea of the Harlem Renaissance was diversity of expression, and this book reflects that well because some African Americans did not agree with the way certain things in the book were depicted, such as the way lighter- and darker-skinned African Americans viewed each other.
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I still don't get that book. Seeing as how Janie met such a poor end the value of the books content seems negligable.
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