Zora Neale Hurtston (or simply Hurtson) expresses with her symbolisim.
Explanation:
While Hurston’s writing Their eyes were watching God reflects The Harlem Renaissance by introducing the rise of African American rights and equality and more African American characters, she is also unique and different, a departure if you will, when you consider her focus in a woman being the main character and the view of a woman in an estranged marriage and its effects from the African American culture.
According to the statement above "After Jem expresses disillusionment over the trial and the verdict, Miss Maudie defends the town and its people. What does she say to Jem?" well, she says "don't fret, Jem. Things are never as bad as they seem. There are some men in this world that need to do unpleasant things and your father is one of them."