According to Wendy McCredie, “Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God establishes a female voice of authority not only on the simple level of authorship, but also on the more complicated level of self-authorization” (16: 25). Janie, all her life had been pushed around. She was told what to do, what to wear and how to live her life. She searched high and low to find a peace that would make her feel like a …showed first 75 words of 2490 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2490 total…and made the best out of what she had. She never gave up and always kept striving for the life she always wanted. Even though she ended up alone in the end she was still strong and proud of herself. She never let anything hold her down and became at peace with herself. Janie acknowledged the flaws inherent in retelling her life, but she does not necessarily undercut the importance of having found her voice.