In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie is a beautiful African-American woman who wants to explore and find love with a real man. She goes through some men who try to do so, but at the same time she is involuntarily forced to associate with these men who do not affiliate with the love she desires. However, when Tea Cake marries Janie, she gains self-determination when he expresses his love and affection to her, which are qualifying factors of his love expectations. Therefore, Janie learns the value of true love and proves herself to be a courageous woman. The love Janie expects in a marriage is like a fairy tale that turns out not to be the perfect life she assumed because she was not loved faithfully and was not loved faithfully. abused. Janie was dissatisfied with her first marriage to Logan because: “His belly is too big now, too, and his toenails look like mule feet. And there is nothing to stop him from washing his feet every night before he goes to bed” (Hurston 24). Hurston uses figurative language such as "...her toenails look like mule's feet" to indicate a negative criticism of suppression. This yes...