The use of clothing in the novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God." by Zora Neale Hurston

In the novel Their Eyes were watching God Zora Neale Hurston
portrays a woman named Janie's search for love and freedom.
Janie, throughout the novel, bounces through three different
marriages, with a brief stint at being a widow in between.
Throughout these episodes, Hurston uses Janie`s clothing as a
visual bookmark of where Janie is in her search for true love
and how she is being influenced by those around her.
Janie's first article of clothing is an apron that she wears
while married to Logan Killiks as a hard working sixteen year
old. Logan, who Janie describes as looking like 'an…