Their Eyes Were Watching God Power Analysis

The novel Their Eyes Were Watching God is a compelling story over the main character Janie and her re-occurrence of her battle to free herself from others’ assurance to seek power over her life. In the beginning of the novel the audience glimpses the first sign of seeking power, when Janie’s grandmother is ruling over who she should marry. As the novel goes on Janie is seeking new true love, each person she attempts to form her life with ends up showing some symbolism of controlling Janie physically and also mentally. In the novel Janie struggles to discover her true self, but as the story progresses she develops her own voice. Zora Neale Hurston conveys to her audience that the more you let others have power over you, the less power you have over yourself. Janie’s romantic life in the novel is very disordered, as it appears she rushes to find someone to love. This behavior begun once Janie’s grandmother, “Nanny”, decides to arrange a marriage for Janie, so she could live a life of happiness and wealth
He simply just wants her to love him and only him as he does for her. Tea Cake is genuine towards Janie saying, “Ah been wishin’ so bad tuh git mah hands in yo’ hair. It’s so pretty. It feels jus’ lak underneath uh dove’s wing next to mah face." This is the happiest Janie has been in the novel as she does not care what others think about her and her hair, which Hurston uses as a symbol of pride and self-respect for Janie as Tea Cake embraces her hair. In conclusion, from childhood to womanhood, Janie learns life lessons all her life in the novel. Her struggle to not let others have power over her reflects the way her grandmother raised her. Janie rushed to find her true love and peace by getting married three times, and as Janie grew older her desire for her own voice grew, which brought happiness in her