Thursday, October 27, 2011

What Does Janie Want?

    In the book Their Eyes Are Watching God, everyone wants to know what's up with Janie. They want to know about her relationship and what happened to her and Tea Cake and why she's even with Tea Cake. Janie's friend Pheoby wants to know what happened to Janie as well. Did you ever think about what Janie wanted? She lost her husband, and apparently lost her sight of how to love. I think Janie just wants to be happy and be loved again.
    In chapter 3 she began to stop believing in true love or romantic love when she had to marry Logan. "She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman". When she meets Joe, they talk about marrying each other. For example: Joe says to Janie "Ah wants to make a wife outa you". Also when Nanny tells her she should marry Logan, she tells Nanny "Lemme wait, Nanny, please, jus' a lil bit mo'". Maybe when she tells Nanny for her to wait until she gets married is probably because she wants to find someone she actually loves in order for her to get married. Also she believes that no one can make her happy like Tea Cake could.  Like in Chapter 1 she tells Pheoby "Yeah, Pheoby, Tea Cake gone. And dat's de only reason you see me back here-cause Ah ain't got nothing to make me happy no more where Ah was at". Janie wants someone to love her and make her happy.



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