Their Eyes Were Watching God Love

“Love is so elusive that it can seem like the quest to find it will never end.” —Anonymous. As humans, we know it exists because our surroundings displays it, but although the journey may be gloomy, we fall into the temptation of scrutinizing every corner of the earth in search of Love until one has reached a sense of contentment of what Love is about. Whether it is forced, a deceptive or authentic Love, it is still desired to feel the idea of the reputation of Love. The yearn of affection, reassurance, or even feeling wanted is humane and drives people to explore the different emotions it may cause. Zora Neale Hurston exhibits these examples in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. She reveals the journey of the protagonist, Janie, in her …show more content…
“The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree but Janie didn’t know how to tell Nanny that.” (page 31). Logan, was the older man that Nanny forced Janie into the attempt of loving. The thought of having to marry a very awful-looking old man just to satisfy her Nanny revolts Janie and violates her glorified perception of Love. Although Janie was strained into marrying Logan, she had the belief that once she married him she would have grown to love him. But was it just a justification to the unfairness of the coercively marriage? “But anyhow Janie went on inside to wait for love to begin.The new moon had been up and down three times before she got worried in mind.” (page 38). Slowly, that “hope” began to fade through the many days spent with Logan. Janie’s idealization of marriage makes her believe that it is imperative to love your spouse. It feels wrong to her to not have the ability to love Logan. Yet again, Nanny supposes that Janie got a “mouf full uh foolishness” (page 40). Love is pointless in the mind of Nanny at this point. Janie should be “grateful” because of the property she owns and the status of being a married