Their Eyes Were Watching God In the first fifteen chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God, one of the most important events that effected Janie internally and externally was the time between the death of her second husband Joe to her move to the Everglades with Tea Cake. Her outlook on life, her independence, and her views of love changed drastically during this time in her life. Janie began to live again after the death …showed first 75 words of 634 total…

…showed last 75 words of 634 total…and she finally had him. For the first time Janie had actually felt love. Tea Cake made her feel special for the first time, “You’se something tuh make uh man forgit tuh git old and forgit tuh die” (Chapter 15). The time between Joe’s death and Janie’s marriage to Tea Cake changed her significantly. Her outlook on life, her independence, and her views of love changed drastically during this time in her life.