show respect. Although their ideas and perspectives clashed in many ways, Maya always kept the same respect and love for her Grandmother regardless because her Grandmother was in many ways, a true Mother to her, and had her best interest at heart. This kind of love that Maya had for her grandmother impacted her life in a major way. Maya sought guidance through her Grandmother’s teachings. The relationship between Maya and Momma will always be one significant to Maya. In comparison to Huck, Jim and Maya, Janie struggles with finding and understanding love in the relationships that she goes through. Her adventures were dedicated to finding true love. After disappointment in her marriages with Logan and Jody, she soon thinks that she finds her…show more content… And sure enough, Teacake came back the next morning. He reassured her that he meant his words by saying “you got de keys tuh deh kingdom. You can depend on dat.” She replied back “still and all you left me all day and night.” He answered “twasnt cause ah wanted to stay off like that, and it sho wasn’t no woman. If you didn’t have de power tuh hold me, and hold me tight, ah wouldn’t be calling yuh mis woods. Ah met plenty women before.. and yuh da onliest women in de world ah ever even mentioned getting married tuh.” (Hurston, 121) Janie has found a man that is dedicated to her, and sticks to his words. Teacake is trustworthy, meaning everything that he says to Janie. According to Rosenblatt’s essay called “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, he comments on the discovery of Teacake in Janie’s life. He stated that Teacakes presence in Janie’s life was significant because, Janie was able to fall in love, and stay in love. He believes that, that is a rarity in American Literature (Rosenblatt, 33) what makes Teacake special in this book was the ability he had to keep Janie happy. She felt alive, and free to do what she pleased with Teacake, which was rare and looked down upon from her neighborhood, and others with opposite
