Their Eyes Were Watching God Blog 1

In the first chapter of the book, the main character, Janie, returns home after being gone for a year and a half. The porch sisters treat her harshly when talking about her. They want to criticize Janie’s past actions and her present appearance. Later, in the second chapter, Janie finds out that she was black for the first time from a picture shown to her by Mrs. Washburn. She remembers that her life was good until she had to go to school. There, all the kids would pick on her for being black.
Both of these instances are similar because both deal with criticism. The porch sisters criticize Janie, and they want to be able to judge her. At school she is criticized by white kids because she is black.