Restless

Relationships are very intricate anomalies. They are spurred by love, and the pure genetic need for reproduction, but making them last can be quite difficult. This theme of relationships has showed up multiple times in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Relationships are very confusing, which makes it be a very relevant topic to discuss in a book. This book does not really bring light to the subject, but shows love in it's highs and lows, without glossing over the lows very much.

In the beginning, Janie was arranged to marry Logan, which did not last long. This relationship was pretty much omnidirectional, for Logan was in love with Janie, but Janie did not grow to love Logan. This showed a loveless marriage, which simply deteriorated by the day and the week until Janie found the love of her life, Jody. Love can be fickle, as is evident here. One day, a person may be in love, the next, they may be ready to move on. This is what makes love something which can be the best thing in the world, and what hurts the most when it is gone.

If only to prove this point more, Janie, after twenty years of marriage, became bored of Jody. Jody didn't let Janie be free and express herself. Janie found herself growing further from Jody, and "found that she had a host of thoughts she had never expressed to him, and numerous emotions she had never let Jody know about." (Hurston, 72) As her first marriage ended, her second is sliding in that direction as well.  Jody was starting to take Janie for granted, that she would always be there, no matter how to treated her, which shows how they were declining in their love. (Rivkin)

Rivkin, Sharon M. "7 Signs of a Failing Marriage | Hitched." Hitched. Hitched Media, 2012. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. <http://www.hitchedmag.com/article.php?id=995>.