What Does Janie's Search For True Love In Their Eyes Were Watching God

The quest of finding true love may be a journey of hardship and betrayal. Two individuals willingly being in each others presents and uplift each other is a relationship. In the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, readers are exposed to the toxic and deadly shapes of multiple abusive relationships. Janie being a black women in the 1900’s wasn't exposed to love all of her life, it was important to her to find that support system love brought. Janie was not thought the focus point of a woman's journey to independence and self awareness lies in her marital life. She goes through many trials and tribulations into finding her true self and content.

The exhilarating mystery behind one's first kiss will shape their quest for love. Johnny Taylor became the catalytic factor of Janie's search for true love. He broke down the overbearing fence of protection Nanny worked so hard to built. He would then go on to plant a seed made of kind and magical fantasy of what Janie thought was love. Janie’s fantasy was shattered abruptly by Nanny’s demand to get her married. Johnny Taylor did not only help Janie with her aroused need for love, he also was to last person

Falling in love with tea Cake did not come easy. She suffered through a great amount of ambivalence before realizing this was she had been dreaming of since Johnny Taylor. Janie fell for this man without grasping the extreme measures one would take to experience a glimpse of love. Her past made trusting a man difficult for Janie and Tea Cake to be able to Have a happy relationship. Through all the hardship she had a little hope for love still “ he could be a bee to a blossom, a pear tree blossom in the spring.”(Hurston 127) Janie at her age did not have many choices when it came to men. Tea Cake coming into her life when he did was her last chance at love. She craved his attention and was upset when he wasn't