A Comparison of

A Comparison of ?Their Eyes Were Watching God? and ?Winesburg, Ohio? Both Zora Neale Hurston?s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Sherwood Anderson?s Winesburg, Ohio provide great examples of community, although there are stark differences in the way the two respective authors present them. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character Janie moves to the town of Eatonville, Florida with her second husband Jody Starks. The move was to flee her …

…tells the story of Wing Biddlebaum, who lives on the fringes of the town. His only friend is George Willard, but the entire town knows and is in a sense - proud of how agile his hands can be. As Biddlebaum tells Willard, however, his hands have gotten him in trouble. As Hurston and Anderson show their readers, communities provide an excellent frame; or in Winesburg, Ohio?s case - focus for telling a story.