At a younger age Janie was curious about the idea of relationships and love, but her grandmothers strict view, as well as society's negative view on the subject, made it hard for her to understand what love really is. Janie views her grandmother as a very strong important figure. Hurston writes “Nanny had taken the biggest thing God ever made, the horizon-for no matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you,” (89) which portrays Nanny's view that dreams can never be obtained. The author uses the motif of horizons to symbolize that love is just a dream and no one could ever reach the horizon, therefore no one can ever reach love. This perspective is then set on Janie which complicates her vision on ever being
