Read the excerpt from their eyes were watching god. mrs. turner finally rose to go after being very firm about several other viewpoints of either herself, her son or her brother. she begged janie to drop in on her anytime, but never once mentioning tea cake. finally she was gone and janie hurried to her kitchen to put on supper and found tea cake sitting in there with his head between his hands. “tea cake! ah didn’t know you wuz home.” “ah know yuh didn’t. ah been heah uh long time listenin’ to dat heifer run me down tuh de dawgs uh try tuh tole you off from me.” how does hurston convey her own cultural experiences?

Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) is a novel by African American author Zola Neale Hurston. While it was poorly received when published, it is now one of the most celebrated American novels of the 20th century.

In this excerpt, Hurston conveys her own cultural experiences by her use of dialect. The way she portrays Tea Cake's speech shows her personal experiences as a black woman living in the Southern U. S. during this time period.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."