Their Eyes Were Watching God Literary Analysis

What is memory? A memory is something remembered from the past; a recollection of something. In the book Their eyes were watching god, one of the major themes is memories and the past. In this novel Janie recounts her life story for Pheoby, her friend. She tells her of all the things that happened from when she was younger, all the way up to the point at the end of the novel. Her memories are of her different kinds of love that she experiences throughout her lifetime. But the most found memories are of her unconditional love that she experiences from one of her husband's name Teacake.
Janie tells Pheoby her life story all in the course of one evening. Pheoby learns that in her search for love and in the losses that she suffers through, Janie gains independence. Janie's independence

She adores his enthusiasm and willingness to make her his equal. Teacake shows this when he gives her the choice of working, but he doesn’t command her to work. His reasons for wanting her to work are so that they can share more time and adventures together. His not wanting to be separate from her, is how it should be in marriage. "Why, Tea Cake? Whut good do combin’ mah hair do you? It’s mah comfortable, not yourn." "It’s mine too. Ah ain’t been sleepin’ so good for more’n uh week cause Ah been wishin’ so bad tuh git mah hands in yo’ hair. It’s so pretty. It feels jus’ lak underneath uh dove’s wing next to mah face." (11.37-38). Teacake as shown in the quote wants to give Janie pleasure and happiness, he sees her in a different way in comparison to her other husbands. In working together, Teacake doesn’t see Janie as an object, but as a partner and companion to have great adventures with. But Teacake has a few flaws such as being a little too overprotective, has a lot of pride this is evident when he would not go to the doctor to get checked out after having been bitten. Another thing is he gets angry