《他们眼望上苍》是佐拉·尼尔·赫斯顿最著名的短篇小说之一,其主人公珍妮在经历了三次婚姻之后,不断成长,最终找寻到了完整的自我,从一个曾经在经济上和心理上均依附于男人和他人的不能独立的黑人女性成长为一个具有完整自我和独立人格的先锋人物。通过珍妮的成长,佐拉·尼尔·赫斯顿揭示了在上个世纪中叶黑人女性获得完整自我和独立自主的必由之路。 “They look at God” is one of the most famous short stories by Zola Neil Heston. Its hero Jenny grew up after three marriages and eventually found her complete self, from an economically And non-independent black women, both psychologically dependent on man and others, grow into pioneers with a complete self and an independent personality. Through Jenny’s growth, Zola Neil Heston revealed the only way black women were to gain full self-sufficiency and independence in the mid-century.