Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston: Character Analysis

Some people will spend years looking for the love of their life, a person they couldn’t live the rest of their life if they weren’t apart of it. But in the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, many african american girls at the time this novel takes place, the late 1800s, would try and marry into a rich family. The main character Janie wasn’t like other girls she knew, she wanted to find a true love. She wanted to have that indescribable feeling for a man that was so strong from the moment they met, there would be no doubt in her mind that’s the man she wants to be with and the novel tells the story of her trying to find that love. In the novel, Janie marries three very different men, being attracted to very different things in each one, and each marriage helps develop Janie’s character.
Janie is a young adult and just now figuring out who she is and what kind of woman she is. She is forced to marry him by her Grandma simply because he was rich. But Janie didn’t want to be with a man just because he has money, she wants to be in love. After her experience under the pear tree, Janie is looking for a marriage filled with affection. "Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think” (Hurston 24). She gives the relationship a chance, but there’s just nothing there. Life with Logan is dull and he treats her like she is his property. Like she is a farm animal and even puts her to work in the fields. Her marriage with Logan made her have many realizations. The experience with Logan made her realize that she didn’t want to be with someone just because he has money. She was also looking for an exciting man, one that would treat her with respect. She begins to look for this love for the remainder of the