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| Richard Wright |
In 1937, Richard Wright reviewed Their Eyes Were Watching God and wrote: "The sensory sweep of her novel carries no theme, no message, no thought. In the main, her novel is not addressed to the Negro, but to a white audience whose chauvinistic tastes she knows how to satisfy." In particular, Wright objected to the novel's discussion of race and use of black dialect. Why might Wright have objected to Their Eyes Were Watching God? Do you agree or disagree with Wright's interpretation of the novel?
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