In life to discover our self-identity a person must show others what one thinks or feels and speak his or her mind. Sometimes their opinions may be silenced or even ignored. In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character Janie would sometimes speak her ideas and they would often make a difference. The author, Zora Neale Hurston, gives Janie many chances to speak and she shows the reader outcomes. When dealing with …showed first 75 words of 699 total…

…showed last 75 words of 699 total…like she was worth something more than just a wife. Tea Cake had given Janie the self-worth that she needed. He had given her the confidence to pull the whole world onto her shoulders and she found great happiness in his memories. She learned a lot through Tea Cake's love and she was very happy being with him. Janie's marriage with Tea Cake was finally like 'sitting under a pear tree to just think.'