Goals and dreams are one of the same, and everyday people try to achieve them. Some are lucky to succeed; while others are still reaching. Zora N. Hurston who is the author of "Thier Eyes Were Watching God", writes about a woman named Janie Crawford and what she went through to try and achieve her "horizon" by showing the transitions between her three husbands. That will reveal the significance of the horizon [dream] for love and how she obtained it.
In the beginning of the novel, Hurston starts off by setting the tone of the book by talking about the horizon. Saying that men and women dreamed and, in different methods of obtaining it. It states "Ships at a distance have everyman's wish on board... The dream is truth. Then the act and do things accordingly."(chap1) The quote described how females preferably Janie sees their horizon knowing that it could happen, and uses it as a guide. That can be…show more content… Janie became conscious of the fact the Joe started to handle her differently than when they first met. After Joe made his speech Tony recommended for Janie give a small speech. "And now we'll listen tuh uh few words uh encouragement from Mrs. mayor Starks... Thank yuh fuh yo' compliments, but mah wife don't know nothin' 'bout no speech makin'. Ah never married her for nothin lak dat. She's uh woman and her place is in de home."(Chap 5) After that she felt a little uneasy with the situation but brushed it off. It was until the situation about her hair, is when it was shown that she was an item not a person. "This business of the head-ragirked her endlessly, but Jody was set on it. Her hair was not going to show in the store... She was there in the store for him to look at, not those others."(Chap 6) In that circumstance, Starks was treating Janie as a trophy and not a wife and made her rethink their relationship. That marriage seemed to draw Janie away from her
