Imagery in the Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston uses many, many beautuful imagery in her book, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Here are 10 that we picked out.

Imagery in Their Eyes Were Watching God
1. “That was before the golden dust of pollen had beglamored his rags and her eyes.” (p12)
2. “Put me down easy, Janie, Ah’m a cracked plate.” (p 20)
3. “From barren brown stems to glistening leaf-buds; from the leaf-buds to snowy virginity of bloom. It stirred her tremendously.” (p10)
4. “We’ll walk in de light, de beautiful light Come where the dew drops of mercy shine bright Shine all around us by day and by night Jesus, the light of the world.” (p 46)
5. “They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down.” (p 50)
6. “Every morning the world flung itself over and exposed the town to the sun.” (p51)
7. “His prosperous-looking belly that used to thrust out so pugnaciously and intimidate folks, sagged like a load suspended from his loins.” (p 77)
8. “If Ah like man flesh, Ah could eat some man every day, some of ‘em is so trashy they’d let me eat ‘em. (p 67)
9. “The years took all the fight out of Janie’s face.” (p76)
10. “She knew that God tore down the old world every evening and built a new one by sun-up.” (p 25)