Their Eyes Were Watching God 1. Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York, New York: J.B. Lippincott Inc., Ã" 1990. 2A. The main theme of Their Eyes Were Watching God is segregation of colors. There were a variety of situations in which the Caucasians were separated from the African Americans. For instance, in the start of the story, Janie begins to tell her life to Pheoby with her childhood. When she …showed first 75 words of 836 total…

…showed last 75 words of 836 total…these experiences, and, eventually, she found it. At the start of the story, Janie begins to tell her life to Pheoby. As she reveals her tale, she outlines her life from her first awareness of race and family through three lives, or marriages. She tries out diverse styles of living in each of these marriages, and ends up finding herself in with her third husband. As her life goes on, she becomes contentedly more independent.