The video posted above is a video of African American feminist write Alice Walker talking about Zora Neale Hurston as well as her own personal experiences with growing up in the south. She relates her personal experiences of country life to what Eatonville is like in the book. From this we can differ that the real Eatonville in Florida would be similar to her experiences. The fictional Eatonville probably isn't very different from the real life Eatonville because they were both written about southern predominantly black communities.The countryside of Eatonon, Georgia that Alice Walker grew up in is very similar to the Eatonville of the book. That is why she is able to so easily connect to what Zora Neale Hurston is conveying through “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Alice Walker was heavily influenced by the writing of Zora Neale Hurston and can be viewed as a contemporary version of Zora Neale Hurston. What we learn from she talks about southern life is that it is very calm and peaceful just like conveyed in the story, but it also has the very gossipy and talkative side that was also conveyed in the book. (Joseph Gutierrez)
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