In "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie loses her childish views of love when she marries Logan Killicks. She realizes she cannot force herself to fall in love with him, despite the fact that it seems he is a "perfect husband." "She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman." Janie matures greatly the day she realizes that a marriage does …showed first 75 words of 313 total…

…showed last 75 words of 313 total…Janie, and helps to usher in a new stage of life for Janie. She leaves behind her loveless marriage and moves not towards "sun-up and pollen and blooming trees," but of the "far horizon" that she sees in Joe. Overall, the marriage to Logan Killicks has left Janie more mature, with less idealistic views of love and marriage. She still hopes she will find love, but realizes she cannot force herself to feel this love.