In Chapter 10 of the 1937 novel, Their
Eyes Were Watching God which was authored by Zora Neale Hurston, an
African-American writer, we find that most of the town went to a baseball game,
leaving Janie alone at the store. Because of this, Janie decided to close up
the store early but before she could, a tall stranger came to the store to buy
cigarettes from her and then starts making flirtatious small talk with her,
making her laugh with his jokes.
