Will and Charley

Willy and Charlie's relationship is a bit confusing. They seem like best friends, and yet they end up arguing the whole time they were playing cards. They're like those best friends that have been friends almost their whole lives, and are comfortable saying anything to one another. But like I said, it's confusing. I think something bad might have happened between them and Willy is still mad about it, which is why he calls Charlie ignorant. Every time Charlie talks about something he doesn't fully understand, Willy criticizes him about it. Charlie just responds with relative kindness. Willy seems to be very prideful .

Biff and Happy

I get the sense that Biff and Happy are very close brothers. They seem to know a lot about each other and do a lot of things together. They do things like get a lot of girls. It's safe to say that they are players. Biff and Happy are well out of college but still seem confused as to what they want to do with their lives. Biff worked on a farm for a while far from home, while Happy stayed home working at a store. Happy even though he has a lot of potential doesn't seem very happy. They both have a lot of potential it seems like. Biff seems to be the unreliable one because he's a bit of a wanderer, not staying in one place for to long. 

Their Eyes Were WAtching God Ch. 19

In the final chapters of the book Janie was put on trial for the murder of Tea Cake. Throughout the trial, she spoke very little, which is odd because she is usually quick to speak. But now, she is quiet because she lost someone that meant everything to her. Tea Cake was the first husband whom she really cared about and who really cared about her. And she was just recently forced to kill him. This was a very traumatic experience for her to go through as one could imagine. It is a tough thing to destroy something or someone that you truly care about. To add to that, Janie was being prosecuted for murder of the first degree only a few hours after it happened. So, of course she sat silently until it was needed for her to speak. What could she say? There was nothing for Janie to say until it was time for her to tell her story. Her grief during the trial and all of her 'friends' who were there to testify against her kept her quiet.

'Their Eyes Were Watching God'

In chapter 18, we are finally introduced to the title of the book: " Their eyes were watching god." At the start of this chapter an Indian tribe, the Seminoles, gathered and headed east because they foresaw a huricane. Most people dismissed them saying "What do Indians know?" Others fled east as well. That night the wind picks up, animals scurry around, and it begins to rain. Tea Cake decided to have a party. Throughout the day everyone seemed to be watching to see what was going to happen next, even during the party. As the storm strengthened, the party thinned. The remaining 6 people left were huddled at the door listening to the storm. "They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching god." There were all 'watching god' to see what he was going to do with the violent storm. Janie and the others waited to see God's next move.

Their Eyes Were WAtching God Ch. 13-15.

In chapter 14, Tea Cake asked Janie to come work with him in the bean fields. Janie was very excited that he was asking her to work with him. A key word there is 'with him'. Tea Cake wanted to have Janie work alongside him as equals. This was something thats been different from her previous marriages. Her previous husbands had her work under them, not as their equals. This was a different type of love for Janie. It was a real love. Tea Cake also expressed to Janie as another reason why he wanted her to work with him, that he missed her to much during the day. He couldn't bare not seeing her throughout the day, which is why he left work multiple times a day to see her. This was also different for Janie, because never before had her husbands wanted to see her and spend time so badly. 

Their Eyes Were WAtching God Ch. 6

In chapter 6, we meet Matt Bonner's mule. All day, the mule works hard only to be ridiculed by the towns people at the end of the day. Matt does not take good care of the mule. The mule is very skinny due to the fact that Matt doesn't feed him proportionally to the amount of work the animal does. One day, Matt loses his mule. Some of the towns people find him and begin teasing him. Janie became very angry when she saw this, because in a way she can relate to the mule. After a long day of hard work the mule is mistreated and teased. Janie works in the shop all day being ridiculed by Jody for things she does wrong. And when she gets home she is lonely because it seems as if Jody has lost interest in her. They have lost their spark.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Ch. 5

In chapter 5 we see Jody's true colors. Before, it seemed as if he was a nice guy who really cared for Janie. But, now he's a completely different person. Instead of wanting to spend time with Janie he dismisses her. Just as they get married and become 'happy' Jody becomes a different person. He becomes so involved with developing Eatonville that he forgets about Janie. She even tells him that she wishes they could spend more time together. Again, he dismisses this saying that his work has just begun. The reasons why he developed this 'alter-ego' is simple: he has become drunk with power. It just started out as buying a large amount of land. He began constructing post offices and city lamps. Then, he was named mayor. Jody slowly built up power, which made him ignore the fact that he has a loving wife that cares for him. 

Their Eyes Were Watching God 3-4

Throughout Their Eyes Were Watching God  there is all sorts of nature imagery. Hurston uses this type of imagery to help describe Janie's relations how they are now and how they might turn out. Janie ends up marrying Logan whom she feels no real love for. But, because her grandma said she should marry him and have stability Janie tries to love him. After one year; though, Janie still doesn't love Logan. When her grandma dies, Janie no longer feels a need to carry out her wishes. It is then when she gets mixed up with a guy by the name of Joe, who she eventually marries after leaving Logan. 

They get married just before sundown, giving them time to sit on the porch and watch the sunset. The last paragraph in chapter 4 used to describes this scene uses nature imagery. Hurston writes, "... the sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the night emerged." This is very significant because it is foreshadowing what will happen concerning Janie's relation with Joe. I think this is saying that Janie has just entered yet another marriage that will "plunge into the same crack" as her previous marriage. She will end up being just as miserable with Joe as she was with Logan.