Though hesitant, Janie agreed to marry Logan Killicks. ... Logan demanded things of Janie that she did not wish to do and tried to push her into his mold of a perfect wife. ... She did not know what she wanted, but she was sure that she did not want Logan Killicks. ... Playing with the hand she dealt herself, she did what he told her to do, and refrained from leaving Joe Starks physically until after his death. ... She began to wear blue and the things that Tea Cake liked to see her in. ...

• Word Count: 763
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Along her path, she meets Logan Killicks, Jody Starks, and Vergible Woods. ... Even though Janie does not love Logan Killicks, she still marries him believing her grandmother's idea that love comes along with marriage. ... Janie now understands that love is not linked to marriage and a man like Logan, who she does not love, is not the kind of person she wants to be with. ... Due to the way Joe treats her, she feels like he is keeping her from doing what she wants. ... Finally, Janie has found what she had been looking for. ...

• Word Count: 927
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Nanny wanted Janie to marry Logan Killicks, but according to Janie "he look like some ole skull-head in de grave yard" (Hurston 28). Logan demanded things of Janie that she did not wish to do and tried to push her into his mold of a perfect wife. ... She did not know what she wanted, but she was sure that she did not want Logan Killicks. ... Logan changed; he did not give any respect to Janie's feelings, in fact he didn't want to hear what she had to say. ... More and more Logan realized that Janie was not happy with him; he tried to force her into the traditional wife role by havi...

• Word Count: 1138
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God the main character, Janie, experiences a series of awakenings that help her to find her inner self. ... Janie grew up not knowing what it was like to be a part of a family, or how a husband was supposed to act or be like. ... For example, Janie's first kiss, which happens by a pear tree that Janie enjoys spending time under, happens with a boy named Johny Taylor, unfortunately the whole situation is spoiled when Janie is caught by her grandmother "On a late afternoon Nanny had called her to come inside the house because she had spie...

• Word Count: 1090
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

One being the west florida area where she was raised by Nanny and married to her first husband Logan Killicks, and the other place being the small town of Eatonville. ... Nanny was getting old and wanted to die in peace knowing that Janie was going to be a decent woman and would be well off so she arranges a marriage for Janie to Logan Killicks. Logan Killicks isn't the ideal husband material that Janie had in mind, but he was hardworking and owned six acres of land. With Janie never really having to work hard to have anything of her own she was thrown off at Killicks request for her to ...

• Word Count: 1914
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Nanny, who becomes frantic, tells Janie that for her own good she is going to have her marry Logan Killicks. ... Killicks was a very poor husband, he liked Janie but was unable to fill her emotional needs. He tells Janie how she should be treated and then fails to do so. ... Janie put Killicks fears out into the open one night by asking what he would do if she left him. ... That's how come us don't get no further than we do. ...

• Word Count: 1356
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

And that is exactly what Hurston did through her innovative characters in Their Eyes Were Watching God. ... Tea Cake, Jody Starks, and Logan Killicks, are the men in Janies life, two of which happen to be married to her at one point or another. Tea Cake and Logan Killicks are men that portray their voices in rural southern black dialect. ... She found neither of those two qualities in Logan or Jody. ... Hope it soon gits over" (Hurston 43) Janie in reference to Tea Cake: "...we ain't got nothin' tuh do but do our work and come home and love" (Hurston 127). ...

• Word Count: 1431
• Approx Pages: 6

For example the only reason she married Logan Killicks was to please her grandmother. Her grandmother liked him a lot, because he could take care of her and make sure she did not go through what her grandmother went through. ... Her grandmother is trying to say for Janie to make her happy and marry Logan, because she does not think she has enough strength 2 in her to see Janie suffer the way she did. ... Logan Killicks showed he did not respect women when he said to Janie, "You ain't got no particular place. ... Tell me anything tuh do and Ah"ll do it" (177). ...

• Word Count: 859
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

However, what Janie did not foresee is that Joe took her away from that life she hated with Logan Killicks and led her into that same life with him. ... On the "outside," she shows and does everything she is supposed to do. ... Janie's exterior is hard and cold, like death, but it is to protect, to conceal what is happening inside. ... By marrying Janie to Logan Killicks, Nanny was committing Janie to a life she wanted nothing of. ... However, like The Man, who Hurston describes at the end of the passage, Janie is able to continue living and chasing her dreams and shining while doing ...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Janie married Logan Killicks to satisfy her grandmother, and had hopes that she would grow to love the ugly man that she didn't particularly care for. ... Logan had plans to buy a mule for Janie to use to do backbreaking work in the field, as well as cleaning and cooking. ... Logan Killicks used his mule for work, and used Janie for that same purpose. ... He also became insanely jealous when any other man looked at his wife. ... Tea Cake's love for Janie's hair, combing and admiring it became a significant route to Janie's heart, being that Tea Cake is the first man who has...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This is where she meets Logan Killicks, a man who she does not love but she will marry because her grandmother tells her that she will eventually grow to love him. ... He gives her high hopes and dreams, something she didn't get with Logan. ... Joe wants Janie to look better than other women in the town so he spoils her with gifts but that does even begin to make her happy. ... They spends lots of time together doing activities like playing card games and fishing, etc. ... This strong women who was not afraid and spoke what was on her mind often. ...

• Word Count: 982
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Zora Neale Hurston chooses to define Janie not by what is wrong in her life, but by what is good in it. ... For starters, Janie has very different ideas about love than any other character. ... She does not want to be a cracked plate, she is tall and blossoming and can see what she wants in her life. She does not get what she wants with Logan Killicks, her first husband. ... Logan makes her do menial chores around the house, and treats her like a beast of burden. ...

• Word Count: 1094
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Nanny does not want Janie to have to live a hard life like she did. ... She does exactly that when she insists that Janie marry a much older man, a farmer named Logan Killicks. ... Logan does not provide Janie with the romantic and dreamy lifestyle that she envisioned that day under the pear tree, he instead treats her un-affectionately, like a possession. ... Since many of the town's people are awe struck by Janies beauty, Jody's notion of what a mayor's wife should look and act like is further perpetuated. ... Janie had finally found what she had spent her whole life loo...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School