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The belief of God states that he is creator of our entire universe, all the living creatures, and has total control over all of these things. Throughout the history of our mankind, many human beings have continuously tried to make themselves equivalent to god. Such human beings have given themselves special titles. Some of them are czar, monarch, and emperor. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character’s second husband tried to make himself out as the town’s god.

The main character’s second husband had dreamed of finding a town in dyer need of a mayor. His mind was already set on the fact that he was going to find a town requesting for a mayor to be their savior and save them from their horribly established government. He had discovered this town with his newly married wife,. He quickly gained popularity by taking charge and buying property with cash. He also began to make major adjustments and improvements with the town. Shortly after making these upgrades, the town voted him on becoming their mayor. As his term as mayor continued to increase in time, he began to show various signs of viewing himself as the town’s god. When he referred to himself, he would usually and continuously use the phrase “I god.” Thus, it symbolized that he viewed himself as an earthly replica of a human god. Also, on of the townspeople also stated, “he’s the wind and we’se de grass. We bend which ever way he blows.” (Hurston, 49) This statement further symbolized how the townspeople even took to viewing him as their god. For, only God has the power to control everyone and everything’s reactions or actions. Only God has the power to determine the future. Only God has the power to direct what a person will encounter during their lifetime.

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character’s second husband tried to make himself out as the town’s god. Even though a human being may give it their all to replicate God, no human will ever be able to attain such a task, and history has come to prove that.