Finding a soul mate is a long and difficult process for most, as is the case for Janie in the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. She marries Logan Killicks, Joe Starks and Tea Cake Woods who appear to look similar; however, the motivations for the actions they take are completely different. The three husbands are similar in that they all have expectations of Janie as a wife. Logan Killicks, Janie's first husband, has expectations of Janie. However, his expectations are driven by the fact that he wants her to help him on the farm. Logan shows this expectation by saying, "Naw Ah need two mules, yeah." Taters is going to be Taters in the fall. Bringing big prizes. Ah, I aim to operate two plows, and this man I speak of has a mule all softened, so even a female relative takes care of it” (21). He gets the idea that Janie can work with him, Logan has her carry wood to the house, cut potato seeds and even move piles of manure. Similarly, Joe Starks also expects a lot from Janie. He is however motivated by improving his image, by making Janie Mrs. Mayor Starks, she is now Joe's eye candy. His vision of being a great voice lies mainly in Janie's perfect appearance, like in this quote that says: "Everyone came sort of arranged, and he didn't want anyone else's wife to rank with her” (34). He expected Janie to be his trophy wife and simply be better than everyone. Tea Cake Woods' expectations of Janie as a wife are also the same. He had a different approach to it though, all Tea Cake wanted was for Janie to be his equal and nothing more. His motivation is love. Tea Cake loves Janie and the way he expresses it is when he says, "Put that two cents back out of the rest, Janie." Mah dice. Ah... middle of paper... an important experience is when they travel and live in the mud. She learns from Tea Cake about true love and what it feels like to feel that way. When he dies, Janie realizes this and says this: "Love is the lake of the sea. It is a moving thing, but still, it takes its form from the shore it meets , and it is different for each shore” (152). Janie knows she'll never find a love like Tea Cakes', so she feels alive and now she has all these life lessons in her lap from her three husbands. Janie Crawford marries three men who seem very similar. ; however, their motivations for their actions are different. After everything she's been through, will she stop herself from finding someone else? Maybe all the expectations of being a wife, the abuse, and the lessons of life are all she can handle. So many thoughts, so many questions, so many possibilities, so little time.