Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston was a groundbreaking novel that depicted the way black women were treated by black men. It was written in the period in which it was set, by a black author, giving it the truth and experience needed to make a convincing representation. The novel is the epitome of how they were treated as opposed to a white author trying to examine black society from the outside. The way Hurston portrayed people, especially women, in the black community is very different than how we've seen them portrayed before. As published in "American Identities". : New black women during the Harlem Renaissance, normally, we are accustomed to seeing them depicted as the "mama" or a large, robust black woman, whose sole responsibility was to satisfy every whim of her white master and his family. Another way we see Black women described is as a “jezebel” or young Black woman who indiscriminately lures White men into inappropriate sexual acts. The portrayal in Their Eyes Were Watching God is revolutionary for its time. The novel is a new pair of eyes looking at God....