In novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie grows as a person and becomes someone that she wanted to be for a long time. Janie is learning how to play simple things such as checkers and talking to people who she once was cut off from. Janie is starting to learn more about that world and what is happening around her. Janie learns that she is impatient when she is waiting for someone to come or something to happen. Moreover, she is not worrying about what people think about her as much compared to when she would have to worry about what others thought of her when Jody was alive. Janie is becoming more independent from everyone but is going back to Pheoby and telling her about everything that has happened to her and what is happening to her now. Pheoby is very worried about Janie and just tries to make sure Janie is not doing anything that will put her in a bad place. Pheoby and Janie are talking again just as if they did not talk for a long time since Jody stopped Janie from seeing her. Pheoby is very protective of Janie though and defends her when other members of the town try …show more content…
Janie would be able to choose to have a relationship with Tea Cake instead of it just being a step up of what she previously had this relationship would be her own decision and it would not be used as a getaway from other marriages. When Janie decides that she can trust Tea Cake this could also suggest that this thought about Tea Cake could be challenged and he will do things that could possibly break Janie’s trust that she has created with him. With this you can see how much Janie has grown from her past relationships and how she has taken something from each one. This helps her come into womanhood and really grow overall as a