Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is the story of Janie Mae Crawford's struggle and journey to find her own voice. The novel is depicted in an exceptional structure; the novel begins and ends with two characters, Janie, Hurston's protagonist, and Janie's best friend Pheoby Watson, lounging and talking on the porch of Janie's house during an evening. The novel begins with Janie telling Phoeby about her life since she left – and therefore returned to – Eatonville, chronologically, but juxtaposed with thoughts, memories, and ideas from her childhood. Through her three marriages, Janie overcame seemingly insurmountable and multifaceted oppression and discrimination, racial and sexual, to achieve authentic independence, sagacity, and great sense of self. The second section of the novel carries an interlude in which readers learn about Janie's feelings. grandmother, Nanny's story, as well as Janie's loss of childhood due to her arranged marriage to Logan Killicks. Nanny's story - as an emancipated slave and the continued abuse throughout...