Their eyes were watching God :: Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a story of many dreams and ambitions that were setback due to the bondage age. Nanny, Janies grandmother, being a slave in her youth is an example of this fact. Always wishing for what she couldve had, she tries to stress to Janie the importance of freedom. Although Nanny dies after the first couple of chapters, it is seen end-to-end the book that other characters that counteract with Janie, have common thoughts and emphasize on the idea that Nanny unmatcheds had. When it comes to love Nanny believed that wealthiness and protection came before the effective meaning of love, the idea that a strong emotional bond exists between a man and a adult female. As much as Nanny cared for Janie and what she stands for, she valued Janie to marry a man who can give her a demeanortime of luxury and protection. This idea only stands due to the fact that Nanny never had this in her life, being a slavery made her always fight for what she had and look out for her well-being as well as her children?s. Consequently Nanny grew to statement the idea to Janie that marriage should be about power, wealth, and protection even if the emotional part of the relationship doesn?t exist. Janie marries Logan Killicks for she believes he offers protection, she then marries Jody Starks for she believes he brings vibrant wealth and power, but not so much do these two bring emotional bond Janie utterly desires and as a result Janie spends the rest of her life trying to experience the emotional side of love. Logan Killicks was Janie?s first husband. He was chosen by Nanny because she thought he offered a black woman everything she would want, a lifetime protection from the outside world. Logan was an older man who knew what was good and what was bad just as Nanny did. He wanted Janie to love him and get hold his importance because he offered her a home in which she can feel safe. Nanny being forced to have sex with her master at an primaeval age as a result gave her Leafy. Furthermore Leafy was raped at an early age as well which brought about Janie. From these two facts one can conclude that Nanny feared the idea that Janie can be a repeating cycle of her and her child Leafy, thus giving Janie?