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Zora Neale Hurston reached acclaim for her use of linguistics that accurately portrayed black life at the turn of the century and into the 20s, and 30s and her storytelling. Her most famous novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, tells the story of Janie, who is expected to marry an old farmer. Janie chooses a different path for her life, ultimately leading to love with a much younger man, Teacake, not considered her equal, but provides her with a happiness she hasn't felt since her teenage years. The lushness of Hurston's prose and her complete picture of Janie as protagonist through her growth as an innocent teen, disappointed young wife, still young wife of a man going through a mid-late life crisis and her ultimate triumph, though tragic, of love and happiness, show the excellence of Zora Neale Hurston's writing and her rare gift of conveying a heart felt story of black life universal to love and loss.

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