Hurston uses Janie’s life to argue that true fulfillment cannot be found solely through meeting society’s expectations. In the beginning of the novel, Janie’s grandmother teaches Janie that she will find fulfillment in life through marriage to a wealthy man who will financially support her rather than marrying for true love. This belief causes Janie to act submissively towards Logan and Jody to a point where “She found she had a host of thoughts she had never expressed to him, and numerous emotions she had never let Jody know about.” Janie had “things packed up and put away in parts of her heart where [Joe] could never find them” (Hurston 73) because of the societal expectation that women’s voices do not matter. Janie never shared her personal feelings with Logan or Joe, yet put up with their abusive behavior because she thought that it would lead her to success. Janie responds to men's expectations of women exactly as they want her