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Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston: Character Analysis

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Their Eyes Were Watching God, written by Zora Neale Hurston, is the story of a young girl, Janie Crawford. Janie is a naive girl that believes marriage is an experience that she had under a pear tree in her grandmother's yard. She marries two men: Logan Killicks, by force and Joe Starks, by choice. Logan and Joe are two completely incompatible men, but they have relations to the way they didn't show Janie the love she desired. Janie's version of love is like a fairytale: unrealistic. She does not understand that love has both accomplishments and hardships. Janie desires to find true love, but she struggles to get the love she has wanted since she was 16 years old. Janie's first husband, Logan Killicks, chosen by her Nanny, is a dispassionate

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