Following Janies Developement in Their Eyes Were...

People grow and develop at different rates. The factors that heavily influence a persons growth are heredity and environment. The people you meet and the experiences you have are very important in what makes a person who he/she is. Janie develops as a woman with the three marriages she has. In each marriage she learns precious lessons, has increasingly better relationships, and realizes how a person is to live his/her life. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, Janies marriages to Logan Killicks, Jody Starks, and Tea Cake are the most vital elements in her growth as a woman. Janies marriage to Logan Killicks was the first stage in her growth as a woman. She hoped that her obligatory marriage with Logan would†¦show more content†¦Janies first dream was dead, so she became a woman (24). Janies prayer is her final plea for a change in her life. She says Lawd, you know mah heart. Ah done de best Ah could do. De rest is left to you (23). Janies prayer is answered with her next husband, Jody Starks. He is the man who fills the voids of loneliness and love, and continues her development as a woman. When they first met, Janie was convinced that Jody believed she was a very special person because of the compliments he gave her. For two weeks, before they married, they talked and Janie believed that Jody spoke for change and chance (28). The problem Janie had with Jody was that he did not treat her as equal. He would not let her speak in front of people, teach her to play checkers, or participate in other events. Janie notices the problem early in the relationship and confronts Jody about it when she says it jus looks lak it keeps us in some way we aint natural wid one nother. Youse always off talkin and fixin things, and Ah feels lak Ahm jus markin time. Hope it soon gits over (43). Janie realizes that she cannot be open with Jody and that he is not the same man she ran off with to marry. Jody has many of his own in terests, and none of them are concerned with Janie. She found out that she had a host of thoughts she had never expressed to him ... She was saving up feelings for some man that she had never seen (68). Jody only gave material goods to Janie. She knew she