Their Eyes Were Watching God Literary Analysis

Janie is clearly upset with her marriage when she proclaims, “ ‘Cause you told me Ah mus gointer love him, but Ah don’t. Maybe if somebody was to tell me how, Ah could do it’ ” (Hurston 40). When she explains how she thought marriage brought love and how she needed instruction on how to find this love, it reveals her young age and innocence. Hurston clearly tries to make the reader feel bad for Janie (pathos) because of the loneliness and unsatisfied emotions that Janie portrays. I cannot imagine what it must have been like back then to have to marry off and be expected to work and start a family at such a young age. This shows the theme of unsatisfactory love because of the nonexistent romance and intimacy between Janie and Logan Killicks. Not to mention, Nanny seems upset and worrisome of Janie when she prayed and “...stayed on her knees so long she forgot she was there herself” (Hurston 41). I can infer …show more content…
As he builds his new town, his dignity soars and he begins to treat Janie poorly and with no respect. This creates high tension between the married couple and Janie begins to feel sorrowful, explaining, “A feeling of coldness and fear took hold of her. She felt far away from things and lonely” (Hurston 64). I cannot imagine what Janie is going through after being so mistreated by the husband that she was supposed to be happily married to forever. This expresses the theme of possessive love because Jodie separates Janie from her friends and makes her act a certain way, even forcing Janie to wrap up her long hair. Because of this, I can infer that Janie will eventually leave Joe Sparks because she does not like to be controlled and wants true