Journal 8

The title Their Eyes Were Watching God suggest the lack of control the characters of the story have over their lives. As blacks in the south of the time period, they really hardly had a grasp on their lives, because they were so oppressed after Reconstruction ended. God is their only form of hope. They watch him to see what path he will send them on next, and if he will be help them or not. The relationship between the characters and God is one of hope but also fear. They fear God because of sin, and the oppression and slavery they have faced, without any help from a higher spirit.