In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Hurston, the author gives several examples of everyone's search for identity. Throughout the story, Janie's search for identity is clearly visible as she continues to move from one marriage to the next. Over time, his search takes several wrong turns. She ends up finding her true identity. Through her marriages to Logan, Joe and Tea Cake, she understands that she should stand on her own two feet and how she should live. By the end of the story, she is where she finally wants to be and where she truly belongs. All her life Janie lived with her grandmother Nanny, Nanny and Janie were lucky because they had the privilege of living in the white man's yard. Ever since Janie grew up, she played with white children. It was later that she faced disapproval, was bullied and was given many names, so many that everyone started calling her the alphabet , “because so many people had given me different names.” » (68). Soon after, she began to piece together what she knew about his abnormal individuality. One day she saw herself in a photo and noticed that she had a distinctive appearance, that she was dark-skinned, and said, “Before I saw the photo, I thought. Ah, it was like the rest” (9). Since that day, Janie has fallen into something of a downward spiral, putting her off the path of her own identity. Eventually, when she was an adult, Nanny saw her doing something under the pear tree that she considered in bad taste, Nanny hastily arranged a marriage between Janie and a wealthy local man, Logan Killicks. Janie was against her grandmother's decision. She felt like she was losing her independence as well as her individuality, she was no longer Janie, she would now be... middle of paper... men. If women are unhappy in a marriage, they should turn to what pleases them. She also emphasizes that women in the 20th century hold their lives in their hands and that there is no single person who has total control over them. They should strive to become equals to men, because they are not reckless wimps who should be forced to fulfill a submissive role towards men. Janie struggled to find her own identity. Throughout her childhood, her marriage to Logan, Joe, and finally Tea Cake, Janie always hoped to have an identity that was unlike anyone else. Hurston's model for 20th century women is a very distinct one. An identity that holds freedom, identity and a level of stature equal to that of men, which Janie fought for. Overall, Janie's identity is one that many 21st century women have difficulty perceiving..