their eyes were watching God

Their eyes were watching God tells a story about a woman by the name of Janie living in a world where she was told what to do. She was raised by her Grandmother who she called Nanny because her parents were not around. By the age of 16 she was forced to marry an older man and had 2 other marriages after that. This book has many literary devices, the three that stood out to my as important to the story was Tone of the character, Setting and theme. These three literary devices can help you understand the story better. The tone of the character, the main character of this story is Janie Crawford she is described as a beautiful, black woman, with long straight hair like of a Caucasian, because she was mixed. The tone of her character was a strong independent women who just wanted someone to treat her equally not just as a women. Another character in this story is Tea cake he is Janie's last husband, Janie finally finds true love in him because he is the only man that treats her with respect and allows her to be herself. Tea Cake is a charming guy with a good personality. Another literary device is setting, takes place in Eatonville, Florida, back when places were still getting discovered. You can tell by the language of the characters that this was in the south, in past tense, probably some where around the early twentieth century. The last literary device is the theme of the story, which is love. Janie's quest for love starts off when her grandma gives her away to marry a man by the name of Logan Killicks she was told that when you were married you were to love them but as her gets older she finds out that this is not the case. It is not till she meets Tea Cake that she she is truly happy with life and she finally finds her true soul mate. This is the most important literary device because this is what the whole story is about and without understanding that you will not understand the book. Even though there were many literary devices these were the most important ones I thought stood out . This is a good book about love,independence and finding the real you I would recommend this book to anyone.