Their Eyes Were Watching God- Theme

The theme in Their Eyes Were Watching God, was harder to find then it was in Grapes of Wrath or The Old Man and the Sea. When I started thinking about what theme was in this book, I thought that it was a woman should be treated good. I think that some men do not treat women the way they needed to be treated, and that is not right. Women should not be treated wrong, and sometimes they might be wrong, but that does not mean you can treat them wrong. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie went through a lot when it came to men. She had a lot of men treat her wrong, and she had men treat her good. Her first marriage was with Logan, and that was not a good one. He abused her physically and mentally. Men should never do that to a girl. If she makes you mad, just leave her, dont try to hurt her. Janie was a good woman though, and she knew how to stick up for herself. Then in her second marriage with Joe Starks, he started out really good, but he ended up being not that nice. Their marriage did last for awhile, though. Joe started to bose her around, and make her do things that she did not want to do. This book showed that men do not just get to boss women around, or the woman will just fall out of love with them. Janie finally found someone that treated her right in her third marriage. Tea Cake was always good to her, and they could never get enough of each other. The theme showed us that that was how a man was supposed to treat a woman. I think that this was a great theme, and I am glad that Janie could stand up for herself when a man was not treating her right, and she could finally find a man that treated her how she was supposed to be treated.