Summary:
Discusses the importance of Janie's clothing and hair in the novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.
"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time." (P.1) The horizon (as described in the dictionary) is no more than the apparent intersection of the earth and sky as seen by an observer. The definition however, does not specify what kind of observer it is speaking of, for no two people are alike and some see the horizon differently than others. For some it is just part of nature, but for some, it is the embodiment of a dream; some see it as something they can never get to; others see it as something to work.....
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