In Zora Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, we witness the different types of love Janie experienced in her life. We see her start off with the love of her grandmother, transition into the love of her husbands, and then we finish off with the realization of exactly how much love Pheoby has for her long time friend. Nanny’s love was fueled by the want to give Janie all of the things that Nanny wanted in life, whether Janie wanted them or not. Nanny didn't want what happened to Leafy, Janie’s mother, to happen to Janie. She wanted to help ensure that Janie was taken care of; so to accomplish this Nanny set her up to marry Logan Killicks, an older already accomplished man that could provide Janie with a middle class future. What
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Unfortunately, Janie couldn't make herself love Logan,she knew that she'd never be truly happy with him. This is why she agreed to run off with Joe Starks who promised her adventure and a new start. Joe said, “De day you puts yo’ hand in mine, Ah wouldn’t let de sun go down on us single. Ah’m uh man wid principles. You ain’t never knowed what it was to be treated lak a lady and Ah wants to be de one tuh show yuh. Call me Jody lak you do sometime (Hurston 35).” Within one sentence the handsome stranger had struck life back into Janie's hopes of falling madly in love again, soon after they were married and on their own, only for Janie's journey to be let down once again. After arriving in Eatonville, Florida; Joe paid on his promises to treat Janie like a queen at least until he got blinded by the want to provide and do well for Janie that he started to forget to show her good attention and started keeping her contained and restricted in the ways he thought she should act. Just when the spark left Janie's marriage and Joe dies a new knight in shining armor arrises. Tea Cake promised Janie the adventure she wanted, so once again Janie rerooted and submerged herself in the unknown in the name of love. She liked that Tea Cake didn't want to blindly provide for her, he offered her a companion to
Unfortunately, Janie couldn't make herself love Logan,she knew that she'd never be truly happy with him. This is why she agreed to run off with Joe Starks who promised her adventure and a new start. Joe said, “De day you puts yo’ hand in mine, Ah wouldn’t let de sun go down on us single. Ah’m uh man wid principles. You ain’t never knowed what it was to be treated lak a lady and Ah wants to be de one tuh show yuh. Call me Jody lak you do sometime (Hurston 35).” Within one sentence the handsome stranger had struck life back into Janie's hopes of falling madly in love again, soon after they were married and on their own, only for Janie's journey to be let down once again. After arriving in Eatonville, Florida; Joe paid on his promises to treat Janie like a queen at least until he got blinded by the want to provide and do well for Janie that he started to forget to show her good attention and started keeping her contained and restricted in the ways he thought she should act. Just when the spark left Janie's marriage and Joe dies a new knight in shining armor arrises. Tea Cake promised Janie the adventure she wanted, so once again Janie rerooted and submerged herself in the unknown in the name of love. She liked that Tea Cake didn't want to blindly provide for her, he offered her a companion to