Their Eyes Were Watching God- Summary

Janie was the main character In Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie was an African American, whose families had been recently freed from slavery. Slavery was a big deal then. Janie had a grandmother that raised her, because her mom left her right when she was born. Janie got married for the first time when she was young to a guy named Logan. Their marriage did not last very long, and she fell in love with a guy named Jodi, who treated her so well. Her and Jodi moved to an all African American town called Edinburg, and became the mayor and mayor’s wife. They opened up a store together, and Janie would run the store. Janie loved this lifestyle until Jodi did not treat her the same way he always did. He started getting stressed and would boss her around. They never spent any time together, and always wanted to be far apart. Jodi ended up passing away, and Janie was sad but at the same time relieved. She knew he was not the one. She met a new guy, not long after, named Tea Cake. Tea Cake was always good to her, and he never treated her wrong. She figured out later that he was the one. They moved to the Everglades together, and were both very happy. Tea Cake ended up getting the mad dog disease while trying to save Janie’s life. Seeing Tea Cake go through this was very sad for her. He carried a gun around, and always was doing something that scared her. One day though, he pulled a gun on her, but she was ready and had a gun too. He ended up not getting her, and she shot him. Tea Cake died, and Janie was very upset. She did not know what she was going to do. She loved him dearly, and only killed him out of self defense. She knew she would never find another man like Tea Cake, and she did not even want another man anyways.