What Motivates Janie And How Has She Changed.

Janie is motivated by a lot of things. Now that she is free from her controlling husband she is open to try new things. She is now able to find true love because she has no control issues with other people in her life (Jody/Nanny). She is also able to try new things; she goes and does a lot of new activities with Tea Cake. Janie has a new sense of self and with this she is able to try new things and this motivates her to form her own life without having anyone else interfere.

Janie has also changed greatly since her husband had died. She mentions that she now changes her hair style daily, this is a big difference from the way Jody used to control her and how he always made her wear her hair up. She also exercises her new found freedom now that she has no one looking over her. She no longer pays much attention to how other people view her as a person, this is demonstrated by the fact that she does not care what people say about her and Tea Cake. She also seems to view people with much more detail. When she first met Jody she thought he was perfect but was later disappointed. With Tea Cake she is much more cautious and not willing to risk her freedom and love with someone as easily as with Jody.