赫斯顿通过对《他们眼望上苍》中珍妮·克劳福德躺在梨树下,观看蜜蜂在盛开的梨花间采蜜的生动而富于象征意义的描述,唤醒珍妮的性意识,情窦初开的珍妮热切地期待着爱情和婚姻的到来。这部小说塑造了一位美国文学史上光彩夺目的女性角色珍妮·克劳福德·基利克斯·斯塔克斯·伍兹,反映了美国黑人妇女反抗性别歧视、追求自我的主题。 Through a vivid and symbolic description of the bee’s honey in the blooming pear, Jenston, lying in the pear tree under Jennifer Crawford in “They See God,” awakens Jenny’s sexual consciousness, Jenny eagerly looking forward to the arrival of love and marriage. The novel shapes a dazzling female role in the history of American literature, Jenny Crawford Kilix Stacy Woods, reflecting the theme of African American women fighting gender discrimination and pursuing their own self.