In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie. finds herself. and discovers her. voice through her. marriages with Joe Starks, Tea Cake, and Logan Killicks. Each of. her relationships. bring her. closer to. her goal. of finding. love. Janie is. a girl. who. lived the. majority of. her life as others thought. she should. as a black. woman. When she was very young, her mother abandoned her and. her. Nanny raised. her. Nanny holds. a very. strict moral. code, and has specific. ideas about. African American. and gender. roles in. society. As the book. opens Janie. manifests a. visual demonstration. letting the. audience know there. is a great. difference between. her and. other women. in the.
In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie. finds herself. and discovers her. voice through her. marriages with Joe Starks, Tea Cake, and Logan Killicks. Each of. her relationships. bring her. closer to. her goal. of finding. love. Janie is. a girl. who. lived the. majority of. her life as others thought. she should. as a black. woman. When she was very young, her mother abandoned her and. her. Nanny raised. her. Nanny holds. a very. strict moral. code, and has specific. ideas about. African American. and gender. roles in. society. As the book. opens Janie. manifests a. visual demonstration. letting the. audience know there. is a great. difference between. her and. other women. in the.