This was another reason why her writings were often criticized and the point of the story was overlooked. As a folklorist, Hurston knew how to portray characters correctly, she had to show what they would have been like in the era she wrote about, to open people to the truth ("Harlem Renaissance). Growing up, she was surrounded by 'Successful Africans. -American men and, more importantly, women, so in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston describes the experiences of an African-American woman named Janie, who struggles to develop her identity. Janie is forced to marry by her grandmother, who has raised her since her mother abandoned them. But due to living in slavery, her worldview has been transformed, and marrying Janie is considered. as crucial for her to gain security and status and her only option to succeed is for Janie to become miserable and run away with another man named Jody, she falls in love with him and marries him. soon after, he forces Janie to submit to his idea of ​​how he thinks she should behave. Eventually, he develops the courage to stand up to her afterwards. he belittles her in public, Janie experiences something she has never had before, a feeling of independence and begins a relationship with God. Realizing how much life changes, after Jody's death, Janie remains single for nine months, enjoying her freedom. She continues this until she falls in love and remarries a man named Tea Cake, a social and free-spirited man who respects her. Later in their marriage, a tornado hits and he is bitten by a rabid dog, descending into madness, and is forced to kill him when he pulls a gun on her. At the end of the novel, after being found not guilty for Tea Cake's murder, Janie finally finds peace with him and with her own identity as a confident African-American woman, capable of