Their Eyes Were Watching God

So far I am pretty intrigued by the story. I find it difficult to stay focused and follow at times due to the vernacular. I do find it interesting that Hurston is depicting African Americans in this manner. I was certainly expecting that since we have been progressing in a forward motion through the Harlem Renaissance that Zora Neale Huston's book would have shown a more educated upper class citizen rather than the stereo types that most of the writers have been trying to pull away from. I understand that many of the writers are writing African Americans back into the history, but I feel that the use of stereo types is not the best way to gain respect and put yourself back into the history.
I am interested to see how the story unfolds.