Question

Which underlying theme is evident in these lines from Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston?

. . . stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her.
spiritual enlightenment
physical perfection
transient values
sensual pleasures

Answer 1

C. Zora Neale Hurston portrayed the lives of poor, unschooled southern African Americans
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Answer 2

@nobrainiachere

Answer 3

Well, what does it most sound like to you?

Answer 4

transient values

Answer 5

Um....

Answer 6

Actaully, I'm not exactly sure

Answer 7

I'll try to get bunny over here

Answer 8

mkayy thankss.

Answer 9

Well, what types of descriptions are used here?
They give you a type of imagery, do you have a guess as to what type?

Answer 10

transient values is what i think it is m8t

Answer 11

Well, transient means temporary, but this paragraph states no time frame.
It does, however, relate to the senses, right?

Answer 12

could it be sensual pleasures

Answer 13

Well, the character is sensing these things, so yes, it would be sensual pleasures.

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