Hurston Their eyes were watching god v. Wallace’s This is water.
Wallace primarily focuses on the notion of perspectives and understanding how each individual could be understood without the self-centered, narcissistic thoughts regulating our perspectives, therefore it's applicable with Hurston ’s novel (Their eyes were watching god), where the personal narrative of Janie becomes a political narrative in the novel, where the perspectives of an individual character clashes with an individual's desires. Janie perspectives break the norm of submissive and disempowered females within the social context of the 1930s. Her choices subsequently broaden our perspectives while breaking the cliche and norm of financial stability for sustained living that surrounds females, despite what characters say about financial stability and the perception having a social/financial stature, Janie still reluctantly proceed to desire a more profound compassionate relationship. This transitions to the use of emotional intelligence that Jaine gains in or