Journal 2. Their Eyes Were Watching God

The setting of Janie in the south helps affect the characterization of her with the contrast of her and her grandmother. Janie's Grandmother was raised in the slave south were she had absolutly know power or knowledge of what it was like to be free to make her own choices. This carries over into her deciding that Janie should marry the reverend. Janie's grandmother was never allowed to experience love and her belief that Janie should love the reverend just because he can provide for her is affected by the location of the story in the south and the time period it is based in. Where in the time period women must look for a provider to take care of her because they were given no rights. The setting also helps affect the motivations of Janie because of her growing up being raised with white children. She saw herself the same as them and it seems that she has an under lying motivation to be treated as an equal in life and to be happy and experience the wonders of life such as love.