“Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.”(25) Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God took place in Florida during the early 1900s. In the novel, Hurston told of a woman named Janie Crawford and her romantic endeavors throughout her life, as well as her struggles with forces she cannot control. Janie constantly borders on the line of happiness until it is taken away time and time again in the blink of an eye. Janie Crawford is a character full of romance and dreams. Her philosophy on how her life should be, as well as how she is viewed, shapes the conflicts that arise throughout her three marriages and gives Janie the strength and independence
Janie is a hopeless romantic in every sense of the word. She has …show more content…
Janie immediately struggles with her inadequacy to feel love for Logan, thus shattering her ideals that she will love him just because they are married. Janie acknowledges this discovery when she says, “She knew now that marriage did not make love.”(25) Now that Janie had acknowledged this discovery, her attitude towards Logan had changed and he noticed. Logan stopped being nice and tried to put Janie to work. Logan specifically states, “If Ah kin haul de wood heah and chop it fuh yuh, look lak you oughta be able tuh tote it inside…You done been spoilt rotten.”(26) This is the first of many times Logan demands that Janie work. Janie finally stands up to Logan when she states,”Youse mad ‘cause Ah don’t fall down and wash-up dese sixty acres uh ground yuh got. You ain’t done me no favor by marryin’ me.”(31) This argument causes Janie to run away from …show more content…
A man made of promises and big ideals that give Janie hope that he is the man she can finally love. Joe’s sweet talk of a lavish life pulls Janie into yet another marriage. Over the years she discovers Joe isn’t the man she thought him to be; his ambition drives Joe to focus more on becoming mayor than a loving husband. He not only neglects Janie but puts her to work as well. When Joe’s age catches up with him, he begins to insult Janie and focus on her appearance instead of his own, going so far as to strike her when she defends herself against his verbal abuse. This example is mentioned here when Joe says,”…Ah mention you ain’t no young gal no mo’. Nobody in heah ain’t lookin’ for no wife outa yuh. Old as you is.”(79) Their marriage ends on bad terms when Joe decides to cease contact with Janie, whom tries to make amends, but his illness reaches its final stage resulting in his death. Now free of Joe, Janie can “let her hair down” and bask in her newfound independence and
Janie is a hopeless romantic in every sense of the word. She has …show more content…
Janie immediately struggles with her inadequacy to feel love for Logan, thus shattering her ideals that she will love him just because they are married. Janie acknowledges this discovery when she says, “She knew now that marriage did not make love.”(25) Now that Janie had acknowledged this discovery, her attitude towards Logan had changed and he noticed. Logan stopped being nice and tried to put Janie to work. Logan specifically states, “If Ah kin haul de wood heah and chop it fuh yuh, look lak you oughta be able tuh tote it inside…You done been spoilt rotten.”(26) This is the first of many times Logan demands that Janie work. Janie finally stands up to Logan when she states,”Youse mad ‘cause Ah don’t fall down and wash-up dese sixty acres uh ground yuh got. You ain’t done me no favor by marryin’ me.”(31) This argument causes Janie to run away from …show more content…
A man made of promises and big ideals that give Janie hope that he is the man she can finally love. Joe’s sweet talk of a lavish life pulls Janie into yet another marriage. Over the years she discovers Joe isn’t the man she thought him to be; his ambition drives Joe to focus more on becoming mayor than a loving husband. He not only neglects Janie but puts her to work as well. When Joe’s age catches up with him, he begins to insult Janie and focus on her appearance instead of his own, going so far as to strike her when she defends herself against his verbal abuse. This example is mentioned here when Joe says,”…Ah mention you ain’t no young gal no mo’. Nobody in heah ain’t lookin’ for no wife outa yuh. Old as you is.”(79) Their marriage ends on bad terms when Joe decides to cease contact with Janie, whom tries to make amends, but his illness reaches its final stage resulting in his death. Now free of Joe, Janie can “let her hair down” and bask in her newfound independence and