In Their Eyes, Janie Crawford is the protagonist and to map her journey we need to notice her gender and how her sexuality affected her consciousness, identity, and worldview. First of all, we need to know more about gender and specifically gender as depicted in an all black community in a patriarchal society. Gender is an important base and issue in a patriarchal society, since a patriarchal society depends on creating persons and engendering them.
The eminent French feminist, Simon de Beauvoire made this concept easier when she verbalized gender in the sense that one is not born but rather becomes a woman. People construct themselves as masculine or feminine and this happens due to both internal and external factors. Gender is a cultural term in which it explains the difference between women and men in culture, based on their biological difference. In Their Eyes,…show more content… With all her hardships she suffered, her daughter turns out to be impregnated by her school teacher among nature. Nanny cannot risk letting Janie be on her own and her fantasies lead her away toward another catastrophe. So she decides to marry her off to Logan Killicks. When Janie confronts this forced marriage, she finds refuge under the pear tree while thinking about her fantasies and her expectations. She does not know whether she will find the love she experienced under the pear tree by marrying Logan or not. Although Nanny makes no sense of what Janie wants from marriage, she assures Janie that she will be prosperous and happy with Logan. So, Janie waited for a "bloom time, and a green time and an orange time." (TE, 25) Notice how expressive is the figurative language. Janie waits for love to bloom for her and to feel the sensation again. She waits for time to bring her happiness and flowering, but that does not