Their Eyes Were Watching God

My film adaptation analysis will be reviewing the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The main character is a woman by the name of Janie Crawford who is middle aged African American woman is is very youthful in appearance. Her hometown is Eatonville, Florida which she built with her second husband Joe Starks. Starks was the mayor of Eatonville which was the first African American town. Janie ends up falling in love with a man twenty years her Junior by the name of Tea Cake after the death of her husband. This causes great controversy among the peers in Eatonville because this is an immoral relationship because of the age difference between the two. The movie about this book kept most events except of a few. I believe these facts were left out to make Janie's appearance to the audience look more credible and it was good call if I should say so. The issues raised through the book and movie is mostly social issues such as racism, sexism, and people's social status based upon their money and power. The issues raised relate to problems seen in the early 20th Century such as racism against African Americans and the preference of men over women in society. Janie experienced abuse at the hands of her husband Joe and she had to live her life to satisfy and take care of her husband.
This tells you that as a reader you should read text in a context mind because you have to be aware of the issues socially, politically and economically and how the author uses these issues to set up the time period and place the story is set in. Knowledge of these issues will help you further understand the authors point of view.