She says...we aint got nothin tuh do but do our work and come home and love (p.133). TeaCake has none of the financial stability of the first two men, but has an openness of mindthat allows Janie to escape from peoples expectations. He makes Janie realize that shemust decide what she wants out of life, and discovers she hated the limitations Nannyimposed on her self-fulfillment: Nanny had taken the biggest thing God ever made, thehorizon...and pinched it into such a little bit of a thing that she could tie it about hergranddaughter's neck tight enough to choke her. (p.89) From her marriage with TeaCake, Janie finally lives her dream of love and believes it is something very few peopleever get to experience. Janies marriage with Tea Cake brings her to a final stage ofself-realization.Janie clearly progresses in her development as a woman through the marriages shehas had with three very different men. Logan Killicks is her starting place and from him she learns that she was missing a mutual love. Although Janie feels Joe Starks wouldprovide her with what she thinks is love, it is only a show to win her over, eventuallygiving way to his ulterior motive of building a name for himself. His death gives Janie anew chance, allowing Tea Cake the privilege of being the next to marry Janie and theopportunity to teach her what it is to love and to be loved. Janie began the process ofbecoming a woman when her first dream was broken and continues and completes hergrowth as a person through the joys and sorrows, the disappointments and fufillments ofher three marriages....
