Eyes Were Watching God

Janie starts her journey in West Florida with her grandmother and her working for their white emploeyrs. She isn't to dependent of herself untl after her first marriage ends when she decides to escape her wealthy black husband. She meets ambitious Joe Starks; this is where her journey advances a great deal, for he takes her to the small town of Eatonville. His sucess led to his abusing her, physically and mentally. He discourages al her ambitions and the ideas she had. Unable to free her mind shew spite to her husband, even until after he died. She assumed his position and became owner of the town's store. Her independence altered her journey and her ability to speak. She even refused patron bachelors who wantedto be with her, which she rejected because of them being potentially strict and too not allow her to free her mind like her ex-husband.

She later meets tea cake. Amongst the crowd of future potential condidates for her love, he's the only one who seems to respect her and does not want to trap her her from herself and her brain. He shares her ambitions, and she enjoys his company. He even offers to teach her chess, which was something no one had offered to her because of being a woman. She knew that she could be independent and still be in love. They travel to southern Florida and eventually reach the everglades. There, they wed and join a group of people living along the shores. With their bondages, he yet ties her down, and is even reduced to beating her. They later reconcile and he still allows her to be a consultant of the conditions in which they are living in.

Unlike her first two spouses, and the cluttered town they occupied whislt with them; each town contributed to each others gossip. Something that didn't let her be dependand of herself. By the end of the book, she persues her jurney back to Eatonville more independant than ever. Each of the towns have their number of tradiotial black cultures. When Janie is born into her grandmothers custody, they're no black people inspired to live their lives customarily (according to their norms) because of sharing their community with other white people in West Florida. Here, Janie's independence is very limited, even badly influenced by her grandmother who pushed Janie to marry someone she isn't in love with. By the end she's alone and allowed to do whichever pleases her, whilst travelting through Florida.