In Zora Neale Hurston’s, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie is portrayed as a woman wishing to find her own kind of freedom and wants the perfect man in her life to help achieve that goal. When her grandmother arranges for Janie to marry Logan Killicks, Janie respects her grandmother’s wishes and leaves with Logan. In Janie’s grandmother’s eyes, she is doing the right thing by marrying Janie to Logan; he is a man of respect and owns plenty of land, and after he passes away, Janie will inherit everything – Janie’s grandmother sees Logan as security for Janie. Janie accepts her marriage with Logan and hopes that in time she will learn to love him. She is more than willing to do the chores around the house, but feels as though she deserves more
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He becomes the mayor of Eatonville, and Janie is his wife. Together, they help build an entire town, and plan to “put it on the map.” For the first time in her life, Janie feels as if this is where she is meant to be, until Joe is swallowed by the forces of power and entitlement. He confuses conceptions of manhood with his right to power, wealth, and authority. There is much to be said about the way Joe views women. He holds Janie high in value as a trophy wife, for her physical beauty, but simultaneously views her as unintelligent, without a voice, and with no right to autonomy. Soon Janie realizes that Joe values her, but only as a possession, and not a human being. He begins to control Janie, shackling her from her friends and the townspeople. He forces her to cover her hair and gives her a strict schedule to live by. Even through all of Joe’s wrongful behavior toward her, Janie stays faithful to him. After twenty years of marriage, Joe falls ill and passes away; even then he is not able to truly love Janie. Janie is filled with sorrow for the death of her husband, but she is not destroyed by it. Instead, Janie feels as if it is the beginning of a fresh start in her life, and that she can finally move
He becomes the mayor of Eatonville, and Janie is his wife. Together, they help build an entire town, and plan to “put it on the map.” For the first time in her life, Janie feels as if this is where she is meant to be, until Joe is swallowed by the forces of power and entitlement. He confuses conceptions of manhood with his right to power, wealth, and authority. There is much to be said about the way Joe views women. He holds Janie high in value as a trophy wife, for her physical beauty, but simultaneously views her as unintelligent, without a voice, and with no right to autonomy. Soon Janie realizes that Joe values her, but only as a possession, and not a human being. He begins to control Janie, shackling her from her friends and the townspeople. He forces her to cover her hair and gives her a strict schedule to live by. Even through all of Joe’s wrongful behavior toward her, Janie stays faithful to him. After twenty years of marriage, Joe falls ill and passes away; even then he is not able to truly love Janie. Janie is filled with sorrow for the death of her husband, but she is not destroyed by it. Instead, Janie feels as if it is the beginning of a fresh start in her life, and that she can finally move