Novels that are written by distinct authors in distinct time periods can possess many resemblance’s and discrepancies. For example, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and The Awakening by Kate Chopin, both express the struggle of a woman’s emancipation from everyday societal challenges. Both authors firmly suggest examples of how two women coming from contrasting cultures can harbor the same intrigue and fascinations. Although in different time periods both works …showed first 75 words of 1139 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1139 total…manner of younger men. However, Janie was able to form a successful marriage from her love, while Edna’s death is the conclusion to her story. The two women in these novels are plagued by their ambitions, setbacks and situations throughout their lives. The exception being that one ends content while the other escapes her life through death. Thus the author’s attitudes showed a struggle to form an independent identity of one’s self.