1: Zora Neale Hurston made the title Their Eyes Were Watching God to highlight the biblical and religious allusions. She probably relied on God and her religion often in her life and wanted to portray that reliance through her story. This affects how I read the story because I realize how much people relied on their religion during this time when they could not control things themselves. Many of them look to or "watch" God to see what will happen and how he will control the situation.
2: I think a good title would have been The Animals on the Porch. This title highlights the animal motifs used throughout the book and the porch. This could highlight the animalistic characteristics of human beings and the concentration of power that these animalistic humans have. It would take the focus off of the power of God and to the power of human beings.
3:My pastiche is titled "The Little Black Box". In the story my main character hides all of her suspicions and beliefs in a box. When it explodes, she realizes that she needs to accept things and move on. The box is the most important part of the story because if it hadn't exploded, Anna would not have had this epiphany.
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