Character Analysis: Their Eyes Were Watching God

In the town of Eatonville, Janie’s Reappearance created chaos and disruption. It all began when Janie returned from her Journey and reconnected with a long lost friend about her love story. At the age of 17, Janie married Logan to please her Nanny, but later left him after nanny died. She than married Jody the mayor; and goes to work with him in the shop, where she met Tea cake. Some time passed on as Jody died, and Janie fell in love with Tea cake, to soon leave Eatonville and travel to Everglades. While they were in Everglades, Tea cake taught her to work in the field and become independent and hardworking. Later, Everglades was interrupted by a hurricane, which resulted in Tea Cake getting rabies from a dog he fought to save Janie. Tea Cake was then shot by janie for self-defense because he was after her. This all lead to the return of Janie in her overalls, instead of the Dressy version of Janie that left Eatonville.

In the book Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie is a character that reflects

The act of judging can be viewed as an allusion because it can show how everyday there will always be someone that will have something to say. “ Sam is right too. They just wearin’ out yo’ sittin’ chairs. Yeah, Sam say most of’em goes to church so they’ll be sure to rise in judgment. Dat’s de day dat every secret is s’posed to be made known. They wants to be there and hear it all” (Hurston 6). This is the day that all will be judged, the day that people go and hear the gossip and share it along. When someone doesn’t agree with what is said or done, they say an opinion that will sting. In this town people go to church to gossip not to listen about God. Little do they know that they should not judge, but are being judged by God. However, Janie did not believe in what people had to say about her actions. She continued on and lived freely with Tea