In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston shows the changing life of the protagonist, Janie, as she journeys through multiple marriages, searching for the fulfillment of her hopes and dreams. Janie fights through marriage related hardships, searching for this state of fulfillment, represented by the “horizon.” To Janie, the horizon symbolizes her hopes and dreams: of freedom to do what she wants and true love. Janie gets closer to the horizon as she moves away from Nanny to Logan, then away from Logan to Jody, and finally away from Jody to Tea Cake, with whom she finds the horizon. Nanny teaches Janie that what is important in life is material wealth. At a young age, Janie is ridiculed in school for not having a house, so Nanny saves up and buys a house. Later, Nanny arranges Janie’s marriage to Logan Killicks, not for true love, but so Janie is well off. Nanny says, “Tain’t Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it’s protection.” These events teach Janie to value wealth instead of human interactions and happiness. Nanny has “taken the biggest thing God ever made, the horizon,” “and pinched it in to such a little bit of a thing that she could tie it about her Granddaughter’s neck tight enough to choke her.” Nanny has taken the concept of love away from Janie, setting her up for a life full of sadness. In summary, Nanny has shrunk Janie’s view of the horizon to material wealth. Nanny arranged for Janie to marry Logan so that she could be well off in life, teaching Janie to value money over love. Despite this, Janie still believes that she will find love with Logan, due to her young age and ignorance. Unfortunately, Janie fails to find any love with Logan, who demands that she do difficult jobs and chores around the house and farm. Furthermore, Janie even notices Logan’s weird body and untrimmed toe nails. Consequently, Janie wants to leave Logan. Janie’s marriage to Logan has lit a desire in