Marriage In Their Eyes Were Watching God

Not everyone is perfect, especially in marriage. A marriage can be tough because it always has its ups and downs. For a marriage to work, you don’t always have to get along, but both partners need to love and care for each other. The husband is the sturdy back of the marriage and without a strong husband, it will all fall apart soon enough. A good husband needs to be trustworthy to show that he can be counted on to do hard tasks alone. He needs to be selfless in order to care more for his wife rather than himself. A good husband also needs to be supportive, not only financially, but also in a loving way to make his partner feel great about themselves. In Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston made a really impressive view on marriage by using three husbands that all act differently toward their wife. Logan, who …show more content…
Their marriage can not work because Janie doesn’t truly love Logan and he also threatens to kill Janie if she tries to leave him. During an argument Logan yells, “Ah’ll take holt uh dat ax and come in dere and kill yoh!”(Hurston 31). What Janie wants isn’t what Janie gets in this situation because of how Logan responds to her. Instead of getting loving words from Logan that supports her decision, she gets death threats from her own husband. At this moment Janie realizes she needs to leave Logan for her own safety. A worthy husband of Janie wouldn’t threaten to kill her if she tries to leave them. Janie also needed to leave him because she didn’t truly love him. Jany tells Nanny, “Ah wants things sweet wd mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think. Ah…”(24). The marriage she currently has with Logan isn’t truly what she wants. She doesn’t like the way Logan looks and cursed doing things in bed with him. Janie’s feelings and Logan’s words make the marriage not work out. This shows ho Logan isn’t a worthy husband for