Their Eyes Were Watching God Literary Analysis

Love is a profoundly passionate affection that you feel for another person. Why is everyone desperately looking for love? Well, love brings happiness and unforgettable memories in every human being, yet can also put you in difficult situations, such as the case of Janie Crawford. In the novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God” love is an important part of the story, therefore I want to focus on Janie’s point of view and what is the meaning of true love for her associated with pure innocence, communication and equality between the lovers where she seeks for the love of her life thought out the story.
Janie Crawford is fascinated by the transformation from the blooming pear tree. Curiosity did not let the sixteen-year-old Janie leave the backyard lying beneath the pear tree during the spring; as a result she begins to spend most of her time there. “Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in the back-yard…ever since the first tiny bloom had opened. It had called her to come and gaze on a mystery.” (Chapter 2, page 13) This is a
This helps to keep a relationship working for way longer. In the book “Their Eyes Were Watching God” Janie had three different husbands where she learned more about love. Logan Killicks, Janie’s first husband was an old unattractive man, you could tell that Janie was unhappy with her first husband; however Janie’s grandmother thought that Logan was the best option because she sees him as security for Janie. To start off, for Logan love is giving Janie a gentle mule so that she can help him plow the fields and that is not what Janie thinks love is about. Logan already had his mindset, old and set in his ways; his life consisted on farm routines. This is an example of the lack of communication, also not to forget to mention about the age difference between Janie and Logan which did not help this relationship to