1. The effect Hurston created with the title Their Eyes Were Watching God is that the reader knows that a group of people are watching God for his moves and how it will effect their life. It affects my reading knowing that the people in the book are religious and before starting I had an idea this book would be more tragic than happy, because the people's lives are controlled by what God decides. During the hurricane when Hurston uses her title in the narration, I got a better sense of what the title mean. God could also mean nature.
2. An alternate title she could have used was Janie. This would alter the reader's interpretation because they would go in knowing who the is wrapped around and expect it to be all about Janie. Which it is, but I think Hurston uses Janie to demonstrate themes.
3. The title of my pastiche is The Gaze Remained. I think this is the strongest title, because similar to Their Eyes Were Watching God the reader will get a sense of helplessly waiting, watching for something to happen.
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