The writing style of their eyes were watching god is distinct because

Because the author has choosing two different voices to narrate the story.

Explanation:

The author narrates the story using the third person point of view. Besides, he uses two different voices that give the story two different perpectives. The first voice, gives the story a classical and philosophical point of view whereas the second voices show the thoughts of the characters. The author also shows the personalities of the characters by adding some additional points like the language and the accent spoken by them.

heritage? culture? religion? gene? trait?

connections  to the  book night by elie wiesel.   elie wiesel  is a holocaust survivor. as a young, jewish boy he was taken from his home with his family by the nazis. he was taken because he is jewish.