Oprah's Eyes Were Not LookingOprah provides a false interpretation in Their Eyes Were Watching God by transforming a vintage story into an altered tale. She changed many important aspects in Their Eyes Were Watching God by ignoring the symbolic meanings, character portrayal, relationships, and the entire theme of the story. Oprah robbed the story of its originality and left it with a lot of questions. Oprah changed the theme of Their Eyes Were Watching God, giving less meaning to the story. She changed the theme by turning a woman's journey into a romantic love story. By focusing on the story of love, Oprah moved away from the actual theme of self-disclosure. Zora Neale Hurston revealed her book as a woman's journey finding herself through the rough edges of life. “So at first it was a woman and she was coming back from burying the dead” (Hurston 1). The journey Janie took made her realize that love can never be promised forever, that money doesn't create happiness, and that life is all about experiences. “She knew now that marriage doesn’t make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman” (Hurston 30). “Two things everyone needs to do themselves. They must go to God, and they must find out for themselves how to live” (Hurston 226). This means that while their eyes looked to God, each needed to discover how to live their life for themselves, no one could live it for them. Oprah displays a romantic interpretation of Their Eyes Were Watching God by giving it a false meaning; this separates the true meaning of the theme from Zora Neale Hurston. Oprah ignored the symbolic meaning of the door without realizing its importance to the book. The door contained a...very important middle of paper......this is a city? Well, “it’s nothing but a rough place in the woods” (Hurston 40). Joe views the city as a dump that needs fixing. It gives men and women equal characteristics by allowing them to chat. She allows the women to chat openly so that Janie can hear them rather than behind her back. "Every man she could find and she's dating a guy like Tea Cake" (Movie). Oprah created a town of poverty and the gossip of men and women. This takes away from the real Eatonville created by Zora Neale Hurston. Oprah robbed the story of its originality by ignoring things she thought weren't important. She gave less meaning to the novel and gave a false understanding of Zora Neale Hurtson's book. She gave an overall wrong concept and information to the viewers. Oprah abolished a woman's journey and made it a romantic love story.