The character of Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching GodIn Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie Crawford is the heroine. Help women deal with their problems by addressing hers. It deals with personal relationships and the search for self-awareness. Janie Crawford is more than a heroine, however, she is a woman who has overcome the restrictions imposed by the oppressive forces and people in her life. As a young woman, Janie did not complain about her role in society and adapted as most young people do. Ultimately, Janie made it her goal to overcome this mold, challenging her social role and realizing her dream of becoming the assertive woman she always wanted to be. To personalize the novel, the female perspective is introduced very early in the story. "Now women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly" (Page 1). This phrase not only explains women's dreams in Janie's world, but also foreshadows the restrictions placed on women in that world. “They act and do things accordingly.” Women are expected to conform and not fight when they are told they are not allowed to... middle of paper... Connection: Feminist Strategies in American Fiction. " Women's Studies 28.2 (1999): 185-201. Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: Perennial Classics, 1990. Interpretations: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. Kayano, Yoshiko. "Burden, Escape, and Nature's Role: A Study of Janie's Development in Their Eyes Were Watching God." Mississippi Philological Association Publications (1998): 36-44. 'Tuh de Horizon and back': the female search in their eyes was looking at God."