Their Eyes Were Watching God Literary Analysis

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Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, who happens to be an African-American writer consists of a young African-American woman, Janie, who will go to any extent to find love in her journey to self-fulfillment. Her idea of love begins when she witnesses the “marriage” between a bee and a blossom on the pear tree in her grandmother’s backyard. She strives for a love like this. Janie describes herself as a pear tree looking for a singing bee. Throughout the story, she looks to fulfill her desire by looking for a potential lover that will give her real love. However, in her journey to love, she gets to experience three different types of love in three different marriages. She finds true love when she marries her third husband, Tea Cake. Janie gains her own independence and personal freedom in her journey to true love. …show more content…
Logan is a farmer that views Janie as a spoiled child that needs to adapt to become a farm wife. She does all the chores asked very willingly. “The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree but Janie didn’t know how to tell Nanny that. She merely hunched over and pouted at the floor.” (14) This marriage isn’t the ideal love Janie looks for. The only reason Janie married the ugly old man was to please Nanny. Logan gives Janie a very similar type of love she gets from Nanny. He gives a protective love; he represents security for Janie. This protective love isn’t satisfying her. Logan recognizes the special qualities Janie holds but fails to respect her as a wife. Logan has the idea that marriage is the act of dominating a woman, and woman are objects for woman to