In the book, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston a lady named Janie, who lives with her grandmother, tries to search for love in different places. Everyone knows that love is hard to find, but people still choose to try to find it. Sometimes in life people try to compare different things that match to see if true love equals the amount of time spent and the number of time people involves their self in. In Their Eyes Were Watching God one of the central themes is people will continue to search for unconditional and fulfilling love until they find it. This theme is developed through each of Janie’s marriages.Janie basically did not know what love was she just did it for the fun of it or she thought of the fact of not being lonely
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He was letting her know that his name was Tea Cake (Hurston 94). Janie saw some things about Tea Cake that she liked so she mentioned it to somebody and asked what his name was. After she found out what his name was she kept talking to him more and trying to get to know him a little better. Janie wanted to know more about Tea Cake so she could know what she was getting herself into (Hurston 96). Janie only wanted to really get to know him because she did not want to put herself into the same thing that happened to her in her first marriage. Janie thoughts and feelings on Tea Cake has changed throughout her marriages. The pear blossom is the development of Janie’s dream. The pear blossoms is an effect on Janie she looks at it as something snowy and beautiful (Hurston 23). Another reason why Janie stayed under the tree was that it gave her peace and understanding. (Hurston 20). When she thought of something under the tree it gave her the answer that she needed. She looked at the tree as if it was her friend even tho it could not talk back to her. She still trusted the tree more than she trusted Tea Cake. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a story well known by Zora Neale Hurston. Janie searched for love through each marriage she was in. Each marriage taught her something different about finding love and living a fulfilling life. Through the lessons that Janie learned she was able to help people and also people were able to learn from her mistakes. The major lesson that was learned from this story was you must go out and enjoy your life to the fullest because life is too short not to be happy. Through each of Janie’s relationships, the reader can see that Janie wanted to live her life for the fun of it and for her own
He was letting her know that his name was Tea Cake (Hurston 94). Janie saw some things about Tea Cake that she liked so she mentioned it to somebody and asked what his name was. After she found out what his name was she kept talking to him more and trying to get to know him a little better. Janie wanted to know more about Tea Cake so she could know what she was getting herself into (Hurston 96). Janie only wanted to really get to know him because she did not want to put herself into the same thing that happened to her in her first marriage. Janie thoughts and feelings on Tea Cake has changed throughout her marriages. The pear blossom is the development of Janie’s dream. The pear blossoms is an effect on Janie she looks at it as something snowy and beautiful (Hurston 23). Another reason why Janie stayed under the tree was that it gave her peace and understanding. (Hurston 20). When she thought of something under the tree it gave her the answer that she needed. She looked at the tree as if it was her friend even tho it could not talk back to her. She still trusted the tree more than she trusted Tea Cake. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a story well known by Zora Neale Hurston. Janie searched for love through each marriage she was in. Each marriage taught her something different about finding love and living a fulfilling life. Through the lessons that Janie learned she was able to help people and also people were able to learn from her mistakes. The major lesson that was learned from this story was you must go out and enjoy your life to the fullest because life is too short not to be happy. Through each of Janie’s relationships, the reader can see that Janie wanted to live her life for the fun of it and for her own