Why did Tea Cake hurt so much more?
In Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character, Janie, goes through 3 different marriages, Logan, Joe/Jody, and Tea Cake. None of these marriages sustain, as we see Janie's breakup with Logan and Jody, and Janie at the beginning of the novel returns with no husband, which implies things went awry with Tea Cake in the end. However, the marriage that seemed to have the most promise was with Tea Cake. From the beginning, Logan was portrayed in a negative light by the narrator, and that marriage ended rather quickly. However, the other two marriages were a bit different. Jody was originally portrayed as a "knight in shining armor" for Janie so she can run away from Logan, however we quickly learn he is not quite the man she wanted. Jody enforces gender roles very hard on Janie, and he also forces her to do all sorts of stuff against her will, like wearing a head rag. He also won't let Janie do anything she wants to do, like join the co