Pheoby Watson

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Pheoby Watson is Janie Crawford’s loyal friend and confidante in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," serving as the listener to whom Janie recounts her life story.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Their Eyes Were Watching God
creator Zora Neale Hurston
encouragedByJanie to tell Janie’s story to others correctly
ethnicity Black Americans
surface form: African American
fictionalUniverse Their Eyes Were Watching God
firstPublicationAppearance Their Eyes Were Watching God
surface form: Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
functionInTheme embodies female friendship
mediates community gossip and Janie’s truth
gender female
hearsayContrast gossip about Janie in Eatonville
languageOfDialogue African American Vernacular English
listensTo Janie Crawford’s account of Tea Cake
Janie Crawford’s account of her marriages
Janie Crawford’s account of her travels
loyaltyTo Janie Crawford
medium novel
narrativeFunction frame listener
recipient of Janie Crawford’s life story
perspectiveChange comes to understand Janie’s choices
receives Janie Crawford’s true version of events
relationship loyal friend to Janie Crawford
neighbor of Janie Crawford
residence Eatonville, Florida, United States
surface form: Eatonville community
roleInWork confidante of Janie Crawford
friend of Janie Crawford
setting Eatonville, Florida, United States
surface form: Eatonville, Florida
socialRole member of Eatonville community

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Janie Crawford confidesIn Pheoby Watson