Their_Eyes_Were_Watching_God

Their Eyes Were Watching God Janie, all her life, had been pushed around and told what to do and how to live her life. She searched to find a peace that made her whole and made her feel like a complete person. To make her feel like she is in fact an individual and that she was not like everyone else. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie battles to find individualism within herself. During the time of ‘Their Eyes’, the correct way to treat women was to show them who was in charge and who was inferior. Men were looked to as the superior being, the one who women were supposed to look up to and serve. This was especially true for black women such as Janie. Throughout this book, it looks as though Janie makes many mistakes in trying to find who she really is, and achieving the respect that she deserves. Living with her Grandmother and theWashburns’, Janie was surrounded and raised with white children. She always believed that she was white herself, and that she was no different than anybody else. As she was growing up, she was told what to do and how to live by her grandmother. eyes, watching, god, janie, wanted, marriage, life, didn’t, ah, made, logan, treated, told, tea, one, grandmother, feel, things, out, never, love, joe, find, cake, women, way, live, though, sun, special, new, need, marry, lady, just, janie’s, herself, even