Their Eyes Were Watching God Character Analysis

Despite Tea Cake’s death at the end of the book, Janie feels content with her life because she was able to achieve a sense of self-recognition. Even though Tea Cake is physically absent, Janie is able to feel his spirits with her fond memories of him. The memories take away the sadness Janie feels and fills Janie with an understanding of all that she has gained and become. Unlike her other two marriages that limited Janie in her self-discovery, Janie's marriage with Tea Cake had a lot more equality resulting in a lot more love. Her marriage with Tea Cake also allowed Janie to experience life and become more independent.

In the novel, Their Eyes were watching God, written by Zora Neale Hurston, the main character, Janie, troubles to find true love. Throughout the novel, Janie finds herself getting into three relationships. However, all but one don’t seem to ever workout.

Janie is beginning to realize who she truly is and has been awakened through the scenic vision of the nature around her, presenting her womanhood in front of her eyes.

In a marriage, the two people involved are supposed to trust each other and each bring something equal to the table. In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie Crawford, a southern black woman living in the early 20th century and protagonist of the story, has trouble finding her perfect person throughout her life and her whopping three marriages for her time. Janie was first forced into marrying Logan Killicks by her grandmother. Soon after marrying Logan, she ran away with a stranger titled Joe Starks, her marriage to Joe being the longest of the three. After Joe died, an older Janie started to see, and eventually married, a younger man, Vergible Woods who was most commonly referred to as Tea Cake.

Within the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God the main character Janie Crawford came into many relationships throughout her life, but three of those many made a drastic change in her life. With her first marriage to Mr. Logan Killicks which was not a man she wanted to marry at such a young age. Her second marriage being to Mr. Joe Starks, who she loved. Although their love was soon to run short. Her last and most unforgotten marriage was to Mr. Vergible Woods also known as Tea Cake.

In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, a young woman travels through difficult life experiences in order to find herself. Hurston portrays the protagonist as an adventurous soul trapped in the binds of suppressing marriages. Janie experiences three different types of marriage learning from each one what she values most. From these marriages she learned she values love and respect, finally achieving them in her last marriage. Each new marriage brought something new to the table for Janie and no matter the situation or the outcome of the relationship Janie grew into her own independent individual because of it.

Love and Marriage Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is a novel about a Southern black woman and her experiences through life. Janie, the main character, is forced at a young age by her grandmother, into an arranged marriage with a man named Logan. Janie is told to learn to love Logan, but the love never comes for Logan in Janie’s heart so she leaves him. She meets a man named Joe.

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel written by Zora Neale Hurston in 1937 that tells the story of the life of a woman named Janie. When another man shows interest in Janie, her husband Tea Cake decides to beat her to scare him off. Although he believes his intent was pure he still finds himself justifying his actions to his co-workers the next day. In Othello, a play written in 1622 by William Shakespeare Roderigo is in love with Othello’s wife Desdemona and Iago has convinced Roderigo that Desdemona loves Cassio and that he should fight Cassio to win Desdemona. Although it seems as though these speeches are completely different as Tea Cake’s intent is pure, and Iago’s is malicious, both speeches support the conclusion that the way to a woman’s heart is by exerting physical dominance.

Many people believe that love is a fulfilling feeling that can satisfy their wants and needs. This is not always the case in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. The psychological growth of protagonist Janie Crawford, which is marked by the pivotal moment when she kills Tea Cake, illustrates the idea that true love is hard to find and can force someone to make difficult, unwanted decisions. In the beginning, Janie forced herself to love both of her previous husbands, Logan and Joe, which clouded her vision of what true love was and forced her to act as a puppet to them. In Janie’s first marriage, we see the awful treatment she gets from Logan Killicks.

I read Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, copyright in 1937 and has a total of 193 pages.

Janie’s Grandma plays an important outward influence from the very beginning. Her perspective on life was based off of her experience as a slave. “Ah was born back due in slavery so it wasn’t for me to fulfill my dreams of whut a woman oughta be and to do.” (16) She felt that financial security,

After a great flood caused Janie and Tea Cake to evacuate Eatonville, Tea cake was bitten by a rabid dog and became stricken with rabies. He had a psychotic episode and Janie

Ways of a relationship Many believe a healthy relationship should consists of 3 major things: honesty, romance, and support. Being honest and communicating with your partner will only bring you closer to them and enhance the relationship. Loving your partner in a romantic way shows your desire for unconditional love for them. Supporting your partner will only boost the way both you, and your partner live.

Even if Janie went through a lot of changes in her life she still did not change herself in some aspects. It sometimes seems as if she did not really learn from the mistakes she made in

Tea Cake returns home after Janie has a panic attack regarding the two hundred dollars she thought he stole. She assumed he had run off, but he returned with it. This sets up trust between the two parties. Additionally, there is understanding between the two of them, as Tea Cake accepts that she wishes to accompany him to future events. This also sets them up to spend time with each other instead of Janie being isolated like she was with Jody.