Comparing the Role of Women in Their Eyes Were Watching God and Go Tell

The Role of Women in Their Eyes Were reflection idol and Go specialise It On the Mountain Historically, the job of women in society is to like for the husband, the home, and the children. As a home spend a pennyr, it has been up to the woman to confine the husband and care for the house as a mother, the percentage was to care for the children and pass along cultural traditions and values to the children. These roles are no different in the African-American community, except for the fact that they are magnified to notwithstanding larger proportions. The image of the mother in African-American culture is adept of guidance, love, and wisdom quite often the mother is the shaping and driving stick of African-American children. This is reflected in the literature of the African-American as a picky bond of love and loyalty to the mother figure. Just as the role of motherhood in African-American culture is magnified and elevated, so is the role of the wife. The literature refle cts this by showing the African-American man struggling to make a living for himself and his family with his wife either being emotionally or physically submissive. Understanding the role of women in the African-American community starts by examining the roles of women in African-American literature. Because literature is a reflection of the community from which it comes, the word-painting of women in Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were reflection God (1937) and James Baldwins Go range it on the Mountain (1952) is consistent with the roles mentioned above. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a good place to start examining the roles of African-American women. It is written by a woman, Zora Neale Hurston, and from a womans perspective. This book examines the relationship between Janie and... ... Works Cited and Consulted Baldwin, James. Go Tell it on the Mountain (1952). rude(a) York Bantam-Dell, 1952. Bourn, Byron D. Womens Roles in Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching Go d and James Baldwins Go Tell It On the Mountain Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). Urbana, Ill. U of Illinois P, 1937. Kubitschek, Missy Dehn. Tuh de Horizon and Back The Female Quest in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Modern Critical Interpretations Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. Pondrom, Cyrena N. The Role of Myth in Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God. American Literature 58.2 (May 1986) 181-202. Williams, Shirley Anne. Forward. Their Eyes Were Watching God. By Zora Neale Hurston. New York Bantam-Dell, 1937. xv.