Summary of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The beginning of this story was a woman who had come back from the dead.

She had returned from the sodden and the bloated, the sudden dead.

She had walked straight on to her gate, without saying a word to anyone.#2 Pheoby Watson, one of Janie's best friends, visited her one day and was greeted by a plate of mulatto rice.

Janie was sitting on the porch steps with the lamps filled and the chimneys cleaned.

Pheoby took the flattery off of her because she knew it was from the heart.#3 The zigaboos were constantly bothering Pheoby, asking her questions about her life.

She was tired of answering them, so she told them to go to hell.#4 Janie and Pheoby were kissing friends for 20 years, when Janie told Pheoby about her life, she saw it like a great tree with the things she suffered, enjoyed, and done and undone.

She knew exactly what she wanted to tell him, but she couldn't decide where to start.