Their Eyes Were Watching God Literary Analysis

In this novel, Their eyes were watching God, by Zora Neil Hurston, they're were many examples of love and passion. Their were three love interest in this novel who mainly were there to support Janie. Those of which were Tea Cake, Logan, and Joe. There was one love interest that stood out the most in this novel. In Their eyes were watching God, Tea Cake's love interest in Janie is visualized several times throughout this story. Logan and Janie's relationship was arranged and unsuccessful. Logan was an old and ugly man, but Janie was a young and beautiful woman. Janie dislikes Logan for his lopsided facial features and for lacking the common sense to was his feet before going to bed. Janie see's Logan as a blasphemy excuse of true love, so Janie goes into the marriage with disbelief surrounded by her naive version of love. Logan is emotionally needy, he shows Janie little amounts of love at the start of their relationship, after that dies out he only shows anger and disappointment when Janie refuses his commands tword her. Logan sees that marriage means conquering a woman, …show more content…
Before Tea Cake came, Janie had already began to find her self, and develop a strong profoundness in her self, he just helps her in furthering her spiritual growth and development tword her goals. Janie finds Tea Cake to be imaginative and vibrant, one who loves to explore the world, but he also understands Janie's need to evolve and develop. Tea Cake doesn't suppress Janie's personality, he promotes it, by playing with her and also by showing her new ways to do things. In the novel, Tea Cake shows Janie how to use a gun, ironically, that's what kills him in the end. Janie however is not dependent on Tea Cake which is showed in the novel when she shoots Tea Cake, and after his death, she remains powerful and encouraging. Which is what Tea Cake wanted all