Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is a novel about Janie Crawford, an African American girl with white heritage, recalling her life since she left Eatonville, Florida. The book begins with Janie telling her story to her friend Phoebe. Starting at her childhood, Janie explains how she was raised by her grandmother and fills Phoebe in on the most defining events during that time. She explains how she found out she was not white like the other children she was around and recalls her first kiss with Johnnie under a pear tree, which fueled her grandmother’s desire to marry her off. Less interested in whether or not Janie was in love, she was soon married off to a farmer by the name of Logan Killicks in order to ensure she had a good social status and financial security.
Janie is unhappy with her marriage and feels mistreated by Logan because he only wants her as a worker, not as a wife. While working, Janie encounters a businessman named Joe “Jody” Starks whom she later runs off and marries. They move to Eatonville where Joe successfully runs the town and gives Janie the good social status her grandmother had always wanted for her. However, even with good social …show more content…
In a state of rage, Joe beats Janie and from that point their marriage starts to fall apart. Shortly after, Joe becomes ill and passes away. Janie has a lavish funeral for her late husband in light of her realizing she is now free from his controlling ways. Men flock to her now that she is single, but more importantly independent. Out of all the men that come her way, she finds herself drawn to a man named TeaCake. TeaCake is 12 years younger than her which stirs up talk in the town, but the new Janie is bigger and better than that. Despite all the gossip, Janie and TeaCake get married and move further down south to start their new
Janie is unhappy with her marriage and feels mistreated by Logan because he only wants her as a worker, not as a wife. While working, Janie encounters a businessman named Joe “Jody” Starks whom she later runs off and marries. They move to Eatonville where Joe successfully runs the town and gives Janie the good social status her grandmother had always wanted for her. However, even with good social …show more content…
In a state of rage, Joe beats Janie and from that point their marriage starts to fall apart. Shortly after, Joe becomes ill and passes away. Janie has a lavish funeral for her late husband in light of her realizing she is now free from his controlling ways. Men flock to her now that she is single, but more importantly independent. Out of all the men that come her way, she finds herself drawn to a man named TeaCake. TeaCake is 12 years younger than her which stirs up talk in the town, but the new Janie is bigger and better than that. Despite all the gossip, Janie and TeaCake get married and move further down south to start their new