The point of view in Their Eyes Were Watching God seems to be from an omniscient third-person narrator, who seems to be completely unconnected to everyone else in the story. The most basic and obvious interpretation of this would be that the narrator is detached from the story and only exists to provide the reader with information and descriptions on what is going on. This is generally the most "safe" and reasonable interpretation of any third person omniscient narrator in a story. However, I believe that it goes deeper than this. I believe that the narrator is supposed to be a representation of Janie, most likely being an aged-up Janie reflecting on her past. The "omniscient" aspect of the narrator could be explained by her understanding the full story later on in life as she looks back on it. This would make sense because as far as I can remember, the narrator never says or does anything that would be impossible for Janie to either figure out or hear from people ...