Themes:
- Curiosity
- Race
- Death
- Luck
- Sickness
- Waiting
- Anger
- Hatred
- Religion
- Fear
- Jealousy
- Possession (Superstitious)
- Murder
Race: Race is constantly used in Hurston's writing. Hurston uses race to show how life was back in the '30s. Hurston shows White men forcing Black men to bury the dead (169-170), only the White men got buried in Caskets, the Black men did not.
Waiting: Hurston uses the theme of waiting to show the illusion of time in one's life. Janie never would of thought Tea Cake would die from being bitten by the dog, she was more worried about herself growing old.
Jealousy: Hurston uses Jealousy in Their Eyes Were Watching God to show a more dehumanized version of man. Whenever someone is jealous in her book, she portrays them as something other than human, whether it's a monster or a brute animal.
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