Judgements

           In Their Eyes Were Watching God, judgement is a large issue that Hurston spreads throughout the novel. Janie is constantly being judged by her actions and choices with her love life. Hurston does a good job of allowing the reader to understand where Janie is coming from and why she is judged by the language and references to things used back in the day.
          Hurston uses different parts of the book and different scenarios to show different reasons and examples of why a person like the character Janie would be judged. Hurston does this in the beginning of the book when she begins the novel with Janie coming back to her hometown and being talked about by some women that Janie barely knows. Janie is also judged by her long hair and skin color by some girls while they were in grade school. This also helps the reader to understand the time period that the novel takes place in. Hurston then again brings this problem up again after Janie's husband Joe Starks dies. "Joe Starks hadn't been dead for nine months and here she goes sashaying off to a picnic in pink linen," (Hurston 110) is a perfect example of how Janie was judged by people in town that had no relation to her or her husband. Why were the people so worried about her? What did Janie ever do to them?
         The link below is a clip of the film "Mean Girls" which relates to the post above about judgement. Most people are familiar with the movie's story line about a new girl who moves to America and starts high school for the first time in life. The main character Cady is introduced to high school clicks and 'frienemies." Cady is constantly judged throughout the film just as Janie is in the novel.
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