Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Hurston is narrated in the eyes of a black woman named Janie. Janie was brought up in the age when blacks where free, but she was still under a social law inherited from her family which kept her bound. Janie's grandmother and her first two husbands suppress her into a cocoon and it was not until she met her third husband "Tea Cake," that she was able to break free and fly away like a butterfly.
             Janie's grandmother had lived in the time of slavery, raising her under strict customs, in which men and women were not equal. Under her grandmother's guidance, Janie was required to marry solely based on a custom that is dependent on a man to provide for the woman. At this time, Janie did not intend to marry, but her grandmother wanted to insure Janie's safety and told her, " Tain't Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it's protection" (Hurston 15). Janie's grandmother would at least pass on, knowing her granddaughter is with a man who could provide for her. Janie's grandmother implicitly says, "Neither can you stand alone by yo'self... Ah got tuh try and do for you befo' mah head is cold"(15), showing an effort to make Janie dependent on a man .
             Janie struggles to find some sign of love from her new husband Logan, but does not find love where love should be; all she finds is coldness and a husband who wants submission from his wife. It was Logan's intention to mold his new wife and told Janie, "Thought Ah'd take and make somethin' outa yuh" (30), confirming an attempt to make her submissive and by letting her know how he feels about her role in the marriage when he says, "You ain't got no particular place. It's wherever Ah need yuh"(31). All Logan expects from Janie is obedience. Logan expects her to stop what she
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