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This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of Hurston’s “Their Eyes were Watching God” and Warren’s “All the King’s Men”. The works are compared in the light of thematic similarities and differences. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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File: KW60_KFlit002.doc
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superficial formal trappings and include the thematic treatments inherent in each work. In other words, works must be compared not just on the basis of their aesthetic qualities, but also
what they have to "say" about the world. With this in mind, this paper will carry out a deductive analysis of Hurstons "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and Warrens "All
the Kings Men". Effectively comparing the two works requires one to acknowledge both their thematic similarities, such as respective treatments on the limitations of human power and the contrast between
idealism and realistic experience, as well as their main thematic divergence: the respective works ultimate conclusions on the nature of discrimination. This paragraph helps the student introduce the first
of the two thematic similarities shared by the works. The first and most obvious thematic similarity shared by the two works is that they both deal explicitly with the limitations
of human power. Each text contains a key figure who strives for and achieves a high level of social influence and recognition, only to face the immutable restrictions upon this
"power" in a catastrophic fashion. In Hurstons work, for example, the character of Jody Starks is ambitious and charismatic; through these characteristics he is able to become a wealthy landowner
and politician in the town of Eatonville. In fact, Hurston indicates that this capacity to grasp power is the defining trait of the character, having main character Janie say to
him: "you had to have yo way all yo life, trample and mash down" (Hurston 1991, p. 104). Tellingly, the author is also quick to portray the alienating effects of
this power: "there was no doubt that the town respected him and even admired him... but any man who walks in the way of power... is bound to meet hate"
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