Their Eyes Were Watching God Allusions

Biblical References

• Archangel Michael from Rev. 12:7-8—"angel wid de sword" (2.52)
• Isaac and Rebecca from Gen. 24—"at the well" (5.98)
• St. Paul (6.148)
• Methuselah from Gen. 5:27—"old as Methusalem" (7.12)
• Saul (7.27)
• David (7.27)
• St. Peter—"walkin’ de water lak ole Peter" (11.17)

Literary References

• Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland—"grinning…like a pack of chessy [Cheshire] cats" (9.7)
• Dante, Inferno—"the ninth darkness where light has never been" (11.83)

Historical References

• Civil War, slavery (2.56)
• General Sherman (2.58)
• Eatonville, Florida—the first all-black American community (5.35)
• George Washington (6.60)
• Abraham Lincoln (6.60)
• Booker T. Washington (16.22-27)