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Janie at first was motivated by the possibility of finding true love. Something of her dreams. But as she grew older and after granny yelled at her she began to become unmotivated and just settled for what she got.

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In her relationships Janie could be described as being selfish, but this is not looking at the full picture. While with both Logan and Joe Janie is motived by a search for love that soon ends. When things get too mundane for Janie she leaves Logan, with little more than a second thought, bu she never chose to be with him. However, in her relationship with Joe Janie is more willing to stick it out, that could either be because he chose to be with him, or because she is given some extent of wealth. When Tea Cake comes around Janie abandons her selfish nature and even leaves a majority of her wealth locked up just to be with him. ultimately, Janie is fueled by a childish idea of love, not wanting to work or fight for it, but in her eyes all she wants is love.

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Janie is motivated by love and her dream of what love is. She is very motivated to find love the way she sees it but she is having a hard time doing so. When she married Joe and Logan she was hoping to fall in love with them but she didn't. All she wanted was to have the fantasy love she had always dreamed about, but Nanny told her that that kind of love isn't real. Janie is really hoping that Tea Cake is the one for her and her true love. She is motivated by her dreams of what love really is.

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Janie is motivated by many things. She always know that she can find love and someone to have fun with. In her relationship with starks she was motivated to be with him because he loved her unconditionally. Tea Cake was fun and they both cared for each other very much. They always looked out for each others interests.

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I think dependents and love is what motivates Janie, after being forced right into a married without any say she looks for dependents in herself to find what she likes. she wants to have the perfect love by finding it herself.

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After looking at Janie's relationships, it is easy to see that she is motivated by her constant desire to find true love. In her first relationship (in search of true love), she realizes that true love doesn't start with marriage first. She acknowledges that she will never love Logan, and he also realizes this. At this point, he starts treating her like one of the rest of the farm workers. She doesn't receive many freedoms from Logan. Within her second relationship, Joe shows Janie how effective strong charisma is in the real world by cultivating Eatonville. In this relationship, she is given a wealthy status while having no freedom. Granted, she doesn't have to work for what she has, but this isn't what she wants. Joe focuses mainly on himself and his own interests rather than her, all the while holding her back. She realizes she is waiting for someone else to come along to tell her inner feelings, because he doesn't care about her in the way she wants him to. With Tea Cake, she realizes that she can talk to him about all her feelings and enjoys that. She also enjoys having a lot of freedom. Janie gets jealous of him associating with other women, however. She also has to deal with his gambling habit, but not everything is perfect. She hopes that Tea Cake will show her true love.

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Janie is motivated by love and her dream of them. She dream of a perfect love. Which does not happen with her relationships with Logan and Joe. Logan just resented her.Joe makes Janie on a higher society then the other people. Janie did not like these marriages. But she still believes there someone that will be the one to fulfill her ideas of love and her dreams. when she meet Tea cake that hope become more her ideal love.

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Janie is motivated by her dreams of love. She wants a relationship that depicts what she believes to be of perfect unity. Janie doesn’t really know what she wants in reality. She fantasizes what love is. Living that fantasy is what she desires, that fantasy is what motivates her. The real question is why does Janie keep loving? One relationship after another she thinks she has cracked the code of the love game, but the reality is never there, causing her to move on.

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Janie is motivated by love and fun and freedom. She has a solid idea of what love is 'supposed' to be and is motivated to reach that idea. She knows what she wants and with Killicks and Starks, she isn't getting enough freedom. When she meets Tea Cake, she is given exactly that and her idyllic love. As a child, Janie always had the vision of a pear tree and now she probably thinks she finally found it.

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Janie is motivated by her idea of love and what she expects from her relationship. Her past relationships have all started with hope. Logan, she was hoping to fall in love with she hoped Joe would make her happy. With Tea Cake, she's hoping he's the one. Janie is motivated by her own idea of what love is.

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Janie's nanny wants her to marry for protection and believes she will love after all is said and done. Her motivation for a better relationship has to be her ideas of what love is and he thoughts are all just tales. Her first relationships she was considered nothing after a few months, loved then forgotten and worked. She finally looks towards Tea Cake and hopes he is the one.

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I think what motivates her is trying to find her first true love. She dreams of a fairy tale love and thinks it should just fall right into place. She hopes teacake is the one. SHe is motivated by her own idea of what love is

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janies nanny wanted her to marry someone that protects here and she believes she will develop a love for him. she wants to find love and she thinks she found it a couple times. but she did not

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janies nanny wanted her to marry someone that protects here and she believes she will develop a love for him. she wants to find love and she thinks she found it a couple times. but she did not

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Janie seems to be motivated by her idea of what love is supposed to be. He first marriage with Logan only happened because it was forced upon her by her grandma. She left him for Joe who promised her that she would be put on a pedestal and be this woman that would have to do no work at all. He promised that he would buy her things and they would love each other, which is what she wanted, although it didn't quite end up exactly how she had wanted or thought it would. Then there is Tea Cake, and he is a man who gives her as much as she can ask for, if she wants it she will have it. He is who Joe tried to be but without the ambition to start this new town. Janie is motivated by what she thinks love is and that is really a special thing, especially considering today's climate and it should be something more people are motivated by.

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Janie is motivated by her dreams of fairy tale love. She has always had hope of finding true love. Her past relationships have all started with hope. Logan, she was hoping to fall in love. Joe, she was hoping to be happy. With Tea Cake, she's hoping he's the one. Janie is motivated by her own idea of what love is.

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Janie is motivated by her desire to find love. Ever since Janie was very young girl and would lie underneath the pear tree she would dream about falling in love with someone. Janie has always dreamed of a fairy tale love which happens to be a bit unrealistic. When Nanny forced Janie to marry Logan she gave it some time and would hope that it would all work out, but it never did. Janie learned in this situation that you cannot learn to love someone. Logan and Janie would often fight and this caused Janie to loose hope in their marriage. When Janie met Joe she began to feel a spark of hope again for love and she began to find motivation again. Janie thought Joe was the perfect man for her, but later on she found out that he was not any better of a man to be with. Currently, Janie is now with Tea Cake and Janie once again feels a spark of love arise within her once again.

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I believe janies main motivation to find a great relationship ios to find true love. Ever since she was 15 or 16 she has been longing for her version or the fairy tale version of love so to speak. her longing for this love motivates her to persue her dreams of finding it. she moves from guy to guy without a problem and very able to forget the last. This shows she knows what shes looking for and when she doesnt find it she knows how to move on.

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I think the only thing that truly motivates her is the desire for true love. It started when she was laying underneath the pear tree but, in my opinion, it was a wrong way to learn about it. As a child, she thought that true love existed between the flowers and bees, even if true love is not only about the excitement of one moment. Growing up, she didn’t understand this and she expected to be loved without her offering something back and this is why she never got what she really wanted. Even if she is an adult, she is not mature enough to give up her childhood thoughts about what love should be.

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When it comes to Janie's relationships I believe her true motive is to find someone who gives her the feeling of true love. Ever since the tree moment where she had the thought of being cherished and loved. She consistently keeps her hopes up and attempts to find her significant other one day. This is what motivates her to run off with Joe after dealing Logan and the same thing to run off with Tea Cake after Joe passed away.

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In Janie's relationships I believe her main motivation is to find her true love. Ever since she was a young girl and was laying underneath the pear tree she imagined falling in love with someone and being happy with them for the rest of her life. She knew she didn't have this when Nanny arranged her marriage to Logan Kilicks, but this motivation for true love is what caused her to run off with Joe and to eventually leave with Tea Cake as well.

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Janie is truly motivated in her relationships by many different things. I think she is motivated by her dreams to live a fairytale. She hopes to find the perfect man. Janie has had many struggles finding true love, but she still keeps her hopes up. Nanny has a different intention for her love, and that frustrates Janie. She still kept her motivation. She learned that Logan wasn't her true love as they would fight and she couldn't learn to love him. Janie still had motivation because she then met Joe. She thought he was her happiness, however there relationship got stale. Janie is now with Tea Cake and currently it is Janie's fairytale and her motivation paid off. An example of Janie's motivation is her sitting under the pear tree and thinking about the future.

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Janie is motivated by her desire to find love. Logan, she learned marriage does not always mean you will love your husband. Joe, she learned of restriction where only Joe could have her no one else can. Now with Tea Cake, Janie is finding love and it is love that drives her to do new things. Such as drive a car, hunt, fish, and etc. It is her love that puts up with Tea Cakes gambling, fighting, and ways.

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Janie's main motivation in her relationships is to find true love, the love she pictured underneath the pear tree. Janie's idea of love is different from Nanny's. She has more of a storybook idea of what love is supposed to be while Nanny thinks you have to learn to love someone. In her relationships with Logan, Joe and Tea Cake Janie longs for the feeling she had under the pear tree. Nanny pushed Janie into her marriage with Logan because she wanted Janie to be supported after she passed. Janie had no real feelings for Logan, she actually despised him. Nanny told her that she would learn to love Logan. Janie, however, knew that she couldn't love Logan so she ran off with Joe Starks. At first, Janie's relationship with Joe was everything she dreamed of. Soon, though, Joe became too overbearing and didn't allow Janie to have a voice. When Joe died Janie hoped she'd find a true and lasting love. This love would be found with Tea Cake. Janie and Tea Cake had an instant connection, the connection that Janie dreamed of under the pear tree, and she was head-over-heels for Tea Cake.

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The thing that motivates Janie is love. Ever since she was a teenager she has dreamed about the pear tree. When she married Logan she thought that she would grow to love him. When she realized that she was never going to fall in love with Logan she left him and married Joe. After Joe dies Janie meets Tea Cake and instantly falls in love.

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Janie is motivated to find her true love. Throughout the book, Janie has been searching for her true Prince Charming in Logan and Joe, but those have proved that the fairy tale might be harder to live out then expected. She is just trying to find her pear tree in life.  Being forced into the marriage with Logan didn't prove her with pears but rather disappointment.  When Joe came along, she saw a new opportunity for love. Joe was truthful to Janie by saying that he would treat her like a lady. She was restricted on what she could do. After Joe died, she say her prince in shinning armor in a man named Tea Cup. She is truly motivated by her fantasy for true love.

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Janie is motivated to find a true love. After kissing Johnny Taylor, she becomes more of a woman and dreams of finding a husband. She then gets forced into a marriage with Logan Killicks, and hoping that after they are married she will fall in love with him. Six months later she finds herself lost because she doesn't love him and ends up running away with Joe Starks thinking he is the one. She doesn't want to be a prize which Joe treats her as. She has a lot of expectations for finding her true love, and hopes that the right guy will have the same expectations. She is motivated into finding true love so she can be herself and not someone completely different.

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Janie’s motivation is finding true love, and after kissing Johnny Taylor she becomes more of a woman. After being forced into a marriage with Logan Killicks, she want’s to believe that marrying him she’ll fall in love with him. After six months with Logan, she meets Joe Starks. In which she believes he is the one. Now she’s with Tea Cake, hoping he is the one for her.

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Janie is motivated by her idea of a fairytale romance. She has always wanted more out of life and her relationship because of this. Nanny forced Janie to marry Logan because she wanted to make sure that Janie would be protected when she died. Janie was unhappy in this marriage because it wasn’t the romance she wanted. This desire for romance pushed her to run away with Joe where she still found herself lacking this fairytale romance. Tea Cake was the first one that began to fulfill Janie’s dream husband role which made her excited for the possibility of him being her true love.

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Throughout the novel, Janie has had many different love interest. Her first husband being an arraigned marriage with Logan Killick's wasn't as amazing as she had hoped love to be. Logan had many problems with himself and Janie couldn't bring herself to love him. Janie left Logan for a man that was walking down the road and asked for a cup of cold water. The man's name was Joe Starks and he had told her that she would be treated like a queen. They moved to Eatonville and Joe became the Mayor. After a long time of marriage Joe became ill and eventually died due to the lack of him properly being taken care of. Janie waits a while and a man appears, they play checkers and she is starting to like this man. They finish and she finally learns that his nickname is tea cake. They talk and eventually get married. Now that the basis for each of her relationships has been set it is clear that her motivation was love, to fulfill her dream of the pear tree.

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Janie is motivated by her childhood idea of fairy tale love. She is motivated by her symbolism of the pear tree. She has hope. Her relationships have all began with hope. But Logan and Joe alike do not meet her expectations. Tea Cake is charming to her, and she feels like her fairy tale is coming true. An example is when they first meet. They joke around and have fun. Janie is floating on air.

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Janie wants that blowing bubbles in the bath tub foot massage and back rubs type of love that's what truly motivates her. She hated her arranged marriage with loan killicks. her relationship with joe starks was getting closer to the love that she wanted but it wasnt blowing bubbles in the bath tub foot massage and back rubs type of love that she wanted, And then finally she finds Teacake its perfect but its not tenough so she always looking for it.

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SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has went through relationships with both Logan Killicks & Joe StaAbby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nanny shamed Janie when she kissed Johnny Taylor, this was the first time Janie felt what it was like to be treated as a woman - shamed. As soon as this incident occurred, and shortly after she married Logan she realized how much she yearned for real love. Janie's life has been a journey, Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.more_vertJanie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true loveEmma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. 

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SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has went through relationships with both Logan Killicks & Joe StaAbby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nanny shamed Janie when she kissed Johnny Taylor, this was the first time Janie felt what it was like to be treated as a woman - shamed. As soon as this incident occurred, and shortly after she married Logan she realized how much she yearned for real love. Janie's life has been a journey, Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.more_vertJanie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true loveEmma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. 

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SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. 

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SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. SIGN UPLOG INshare_arrowSHAREhelp_outlinemore_horizWhy Janie Why?If you were to look at Janie's relationships, what do you think motivates her? Please give examples to support your answerAvatar of Connie MetivaConnie Metiva + 41●1mAngelena BrindleyAngelena BrindleyJanie is motivated to find true love. She has Abby GrossmeyerAbby GrossmeyerWhen looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her true idea of what a relationship should be: true love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her Jessica BerlinJessica BerlinJanie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.Janie is motivated bJanie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.Lauren ShaffnerLauren ShaffnerJanie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nick StempleNick StempleWhen referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of  "perfect love". The first example of this is the pair treeChris sasseChris sasseShe wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good againDomDom She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that. Austin LeitzAustin LeitzJanie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.Josh KennyJosh KennyI think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.Brooke GorslineBrooke GorslineJanie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.Alex TrudellAlex TrudellWhat i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.Janie is motivated iJanie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.Emma SollnerEmma SollnerJanie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with himRachel HilbrandtRachel HilbrandtSince a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.Madison KennyMadison KennyI think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her. Alex OstrowskiAlex OstrowskiJanie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other. Allyson RichAllyson RichI think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.Katy SnyderKaty SnyderJanie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again. Molly SchafferMolly SchafferJanie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.Madelyn WilesMadelyn WilesJanie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.Robert GaertnerRobert GaertnerJanie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good. Russell DeweeseRussell DeweeseJanie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.Cassidy Mott ChinevereCassidy Mott ChinevereJanie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan.  Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other,  so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love. Sydney GrodsinskySydney GrodsinskyJanie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love.  She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.Elizabeth SwidorskiElizabeth SwidorskiJanie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc. Jacob radosaJacob radosaLooking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.Haley OrlowskiHaley OrlowskiJanie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.  Dylan JastrzemskiDylan JastrzemskiJanie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.Julia DrakeJulia DrakeJanie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan. Kenzie WengerKenzie WengerJanie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object. Lillian ShieldsLillian ShieldsJanie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.Rosie SorensenRosie SorensenJanie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.Nicole CampNicole CampJanie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connectiJohanne BjoerkliJohanne BjoerkliJanie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love. Sierra YellSierra YellLooking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.Brady JarabeckBrady JarabeckI think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants. Damon SavageDamon SavageI think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.Elina WagnerElina Wagner I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent. Madelyn GokaMadelyn GokaJanie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding. Alex TwiggAlex TwiggI think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything. 

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Janie is motivated to find true love. She has went through relationships with both Logan Killicks & Joe Starks in which she didn't feel like she was being respected & loved the way she imagined it. She wants to be free to do whatever she wants and to not be judged by it.

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When looking at Janie's relationships, I see her motivation is her idea of what a true relationship should be: love and romance. As she moves through her life looking for the perfect mate for her, she finds people that maybe have certain qualities of what she's looking for but not the most important thing- which is a genuine love. Her relationship with Logan Killicks was forced and, therefore, not natural or genuine. Although he treated her well to begin with, he lowered her from her figurative pedestal when he realized she will never love him. Moving from there, she got hooked on the idea of pursuing a relationship with Joe Starks. Janie believed she was closer to romance because he believed she shouldn't have to do "men's work". However, he made her feel inferior and was controlling. After he died, she found Tea Cake. After two unhappy marriages, she was still motivated to find love somehow. In Tea Cake, she sees that he will treat her as an equal and care for her. She also sees potential for that romance, which is what she has dreamed of since childhood.

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Janie is motivated by her passion for being unique and free, as well as her endless romanticism. She loves love and wants only to be loved and be free to do as she wishes. Janie hates being told what to do and hates not being able to tell her opinion even more. With Joe and Logan, she was unhappy. She wasn't loved in the way expected. But so far with Tea Cake, she gets to be herself.

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Janie is motivated by love. Even as a kid she always sat under the pear tree and thought about true love. She wants to find the love that she’s always dreamed of and live a happy life.

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Janie's motives behind a successful relationship circle back to her roots at the pear tree. As she sat under the tree during the hot summer, she planned out her intentions for love. She wanted something pure, joyful, and fun. She wanted jewels & gems & money & freedom & happiness. She planned this out at such a young age, that this utopian idea motivated her all throughout her life. For example, she ran away from Logan on her pursuit to find true happiness with Joe. I believe, it was not just the idea of true love that motivated Janie, it was also breaking free of the cycle of her ancestors. She wanted a better life than her mother or even Nanny. She wanted to live a life she was proud of, and finding a love she was happy with was apart of that. Nanny shamed Janie when she kissed Johnny Taylor, this was the first time Janie felt what it was like to be treated as a woman - ashamed. As soon as this incident occurred, and shortly after she married Logan, she realized how much she yearned for real love. Janie's life has been a journey, but the motives have always been creating a better life than those before her.

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When referring to Janie's relationships, her main goal is to find her idea of "perfect love". The first example of is the pair tree and how Janie is hooked on this ideology of the perfect relationship. Another example is that she's had two husbands that don't love her and treat her like she wants so she finds new guys to find that love in

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She wants to find the one true love in her life and maybe she thinks he’ll change and love her and treat her good again

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She wants her love life to live up to her high fantasy expectations. Symbols like the perfect pear tree and all that.

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Janie is motivated by freedom and affection from her partner. She likes to be able to do everything that she enjoys doing while having a husband that fulfills her fantasies of what love is.

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I think Janie is motivated by the pursuit of finding true love. Since Janie's youth she has had an image of her ideal love story. In each relationship Janie finds herself involved in she doesn't find that true love she desires. She is left unhappy and not satisfied. She found this with her relationship with Logan Killicks Janie wants to live her best life so therefor she moves onto someone to else to hopefully fulfill her ideal love story. She falls for Joe Starks who at first seems like is her true love but as the time goes on the love fades. She then finds Tea Cake which at first glace seems like he will finally be the missing piece to her true love story. If however he is not I expect Janie to keep searching and getting trying other guys until she finds herself content with the relationship.

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Janie is motivated with love. She wants to experince a fanasy love where things are happy and she wants it to be true. She grew up sheltered by Nanny, but had the nessecitys to lead a happy life. The one thing she didn't have was true love. She first attempted to find love with Johnny Taylor when she kissed him over the fence, but then was pushed into a marriage with Logan Killicks. She felt trapped in this marriage and knew true love was not going to be product of the marriage. I beleive that she did find love with Joe Starks, but it was her first true love and not the love she truely wanted. When she found Tea Cake she was challenged to try new things and develop herself as a person. She didn't want to be a trophy wife, but a wife that her husband wanted to do things with. Ever since she was young she dreamed about her life in love under the pear tree.

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What i think motivates jaine is her drive to find true love. When she was younger she thought out her ideal love story and will not stop until she finds it, she got married to logan because of nanny and now that shes gone shes searching for what she calls true love.

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Janie is motivated in her relationships by the thought of true love. She believes love is always romantic and dreams about it constantly as a young lady. She is caught kissing Johnny Taylor, then forced to marry an older man because her grandma says she's reached womanhood. Janie doesn't love him but she believes if two people are married and together they will learn to love one another. She soon realizes that that is not how love works and leaves Logan for Joe Starks in the hope that he will be her true love. He is not her true love and she is relieved when he dies and goes onto another guy right away. That guy is Tea Cake. She falls deeply in love him him very quickly and hopes that he is her last true love.

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Janie's motivation in relationships is her idealistic view of love between two people in marriage. When younger, Janie thought of the pear tree as the ideal situation and longed for romantic love. She got married off the Logan Killicks and thought that she would eventually love him, but it never happened. She was unhappy in that marriage and moved on to another man she thought would give her romantic love. With Joe, she still was not loved the way she wanted to be. Joe Starks was not ideal and she was relieved to be free of his tyranny. Tea Cake came along and seemed like he was the ideal deal, and so she went with him

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Since a young age Janie had been put through some pretty tough things, but somehow she always managed to come out on top. Looking back it easy to tell that along every step of the way she had some type of motivation.  Janie has always wanted to fit in, she was raised along white children and had no idea her skin was a different color until she was around six years old. (Pg.8) She is also motivated by the quest to find her "Prince Charming" and true love. Although, Janie was forced by Nanny to marry Logan Killicks she stayed with him as long as she did in hopes that love would blossom between the two of them. Janie leaves Logan and pursues Joe Sparks with the same goals in mind. Janie takes a chance hoping  that Tea Cake will be her "Prince Charming" and she moves out of town to be with him. Janie is also motivated by the longing for freedom.  Each time she “upgrades” on a husband she is one step closer to essentially having the long desired sense of freedom she so desperately craves.

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I think Janie's want for love motivates her. When she was a teenager, all she wanted was to fall in love. Janie thinks her relationship her Granny set up for her with Logan Killicks will eventually will turn into true love. She realized that it was not true love, so he went for Joe Starks, who met her love expectations. She feels like the love is true, but then realizes that it is not. Janie feels stuck with him and when he dies she moves on right away to Tea Cake. Janie was instantly in love with him. She feels like this is the right kind of love / relationship for her.

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Janie has a motivation to find her true love, and a better life. Her relationship with Logan obviously didn't work because she had left him. She was only with Logan because her Nanny wanted them to be together. Then she meets Joe and they start off great. Janie is put on a pedestal and she is treated like a "princess". However when time goes on she realizes Joe isn't great when he begins to treat her bad. Then Janie meets Tea Cake and they really hit it off. They seem to really love each other.

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I think Janie's ideas of real love motivates her. She understands what love is supposed to be like and won't settle for anything less. The pear tree symbolizes her idea of real love, because while sitting under the tree, she realizes what love should be. When Nanny married her off to Logan Killicks, Janie knew that it wasn't real. She didn't feel like she was in love and went to Nanny for advice. Nanny told her to wait it out and she did but the love never came. Then, she met Joe Starks and fell In love with his ambition and the way he treated her. She thought that is what true love looked like. However, Joe wasn't who she thought he was and he treated her badly, taking away some of her freedoms. Then Janie went after Tea Cake, which she believed was the best version of the pear tree, because he let her be herself.

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Janie's relationships are motivated by her want for true love. Janie thinks that the relationship she is set up in with Logan Killicks will turn in to true love, but that isn't the case. Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks which she thinks will be her true love. For a while, that is a good relationship, but it turns into Janie being controlled by him. Janie's last relationship with Teacake turns out to actually be true love though, but that ends in the death of Teacake. She is left widowed and without love again.

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Janie is motivated by her desire for love. After she kissed Johnny Taylor, Nanny made her marry Logan so she would be supported and safe. After Nanny died Janie met Joe and she ran off with him. He made her believe in love again. Eventually Joe becomes controlling and makes her be quiet and do what he says. After Joe died Janie was enjoying the independence until she met Tea Cake. At first she is unsure but eventually falls for him. Tea Cake seems to fulfill her desire for love and makes her happy unlike the others.

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Janie is motivated by her idea of true love. She was forced into marrying Logan because her nanny saw Janie kissing him over the fence post and nanny knew that Logan would be able to protect and support Janie. Janie is unhappy in the marriage because Logan is controlling and doesn't compliment her enough. She realizes that she will never grow to love him. She leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks who originally puts her above everything in his life but he makes her stay quiet when guests are around and doesn't let her wear her hair the way she wants it. After Joe dies, Janie runs off with Tea Cake and they plan on getting married. Janie is happy with him and she believes that she has found what she was looking for all along.

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Janie is motivated in the sense that shes trying to find better life and lover elsewhere. For eample, looking back at her relationship with logan, she disliked the work and they way logan was treating her. And at first her relationship with joe seemed to be going good, up until he got older and became more mean towards her.  Now we see her with teacake, who seems to be treating her good.

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Janie is motivated to find someone with the same definition of love as her. She wants someone who will let her be herself. Someone who will love her for who she is and not what they want her to be. Logan Killicks was a nice guy but he just did things that Janie couldn't stand. Joe Starks was better but he was to controlling and jealous. He loved Janie but only when she is behaving the way he wants her. When she meets Tea Cake, he loves her as the person she is. He lets her be herself.

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Janie is motivated to find true love, in the beginning she was longing for love, she wanted to find it. Her Nanny´s definition was different than hers. Her nanny´s definition was protection and security, and janie´s is finding actual true love. When Nanny finds Janie kissing Johnny Taylor over the fence post, she tells her its time to start womanhood before Nanny is not there to witness it anymore. so Janie marries Logan Killicks , this marriage was arranged and Janie just could not find love for Logan. Eventually logan started to regret this marriage, she eventually moved onto Joe Starks and she was then spoiled to no other. this love finally meets her definition of love, but then she quickly realizes Joe is quite possessive towards janie. He doesn´t let her show her hair, or talk without being spoken to. She begins to long for freedom. She finally meets Tea Cake, they became attracted to each other, so far they are free to do what they want and he meets her definition of love.

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Janie is motivated by her longing for love. At the beginning, she comes to an age where she longs for love. She has standards and ideals for her concept of love which is represented by the pear tree. It is possible she sets these ideals for what her mother, Leafy, didn't have. Janie begins womanhood when she kisses Johnny Taylor. After Nanny sees this, she decides it is best for Janie to be married to someone who can protect her, Logan Killicks. This arranged marriage isn't what Janie has in mind for love, so she searches for more which is when Joe Starks comes along. At first, this love meets her expectations, but then declines quickly. Janie is trapped with Joe Starks and longs for freedom to express herself. Once Joe dies, she is revitalized and not looking for love. Tea Cake just so happens to meet Janie at the store where she is instantly attracted to him. So far, Tea Cake meets her expectations for love and is in a happy place, including her own freedom.

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Janie's motivation is to find true love, and it seems that Tea Cake has treated her the best. Janie is at her best with Tea Cake, he encourages her to try new things and share new experiences. She is motivated by being treated properly, and by her appearance you can tell how confident she is. While with Joe, she was forced to cover her hair, but with Tea Cake she is showered with gifts such as clothes, shoes, etc.

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Looking at Janie’s relationships I feel that what motivates her is the thought of a better life and too find true love. Her marriage with Logan was bad because she didn’t like the working and Logan being so rude. She liked her relationship with joe until he got mean as he aged. Teacake has been very nice and she seems to have found love but we will see as time goes on.

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Janie just wants to know what true love feels like and to know what it feels like to have someone in her life feels like since she never met her father, her mother ran off and was raised by her Nanny. Her first husband Logan she didn't even want to be with in the first place, Nanny thought he'd respect her and protect her and he never did. Joe, her second husband, only wanted power over everything and everyone especially Janie. And so far, Tea Cake has taken her money and left her but has been trying to prove that he wants to be with her no matter how old she is or for her money.

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Janie is motivated with her relationships because she plans to find the right guy to marry that is going to last the life time of her. Also a man who treats her well rather then just being mean to her and hitting her. Janie is also motivated by wanting to be successful in having a lot of money and being able to take care of her and her family.

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Janie is motivated to find true love. She really wishes to find that perfect love. She creates the perfect love in her head that when she is in a relationship and it's not like what she pictured in her head, she gets disappointed. When she was forced to be married, it wasn't the perfect love. She didn't love Logan.

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Janie is motivated by the thought of finding that fairy tale sort of true love. She has this idea in her head of how the perfect love would be and she is searching it out now. Her previous relationships were nothing what she excepted at all so now she is seeking that out in her relationship with Tea Cake. She wants to fall in love with someone and not be seen as just a pretty object.

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Janie is motivated by finding true love. It all stated with Janie kissing Johnny Taylor. After that she was forced to marry Logan Killicks, which she was told that she would learn to love him but it turns out that she didn't love him at all. So she leaves him because she thinks she found love with Joe. After being married to Joe for a little bit she found out she does not love him. Joe ends up dying, so now she is seeking a relationship with Tea Cake. She thinks that she will love him, but she does not really have a idea of what love is like, so she is confused on if she is really in love with these guys or not.

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Janie craves to experience love with her relationships. It all began with a smooch from Johnny Taylor. She wanted a relationship where she feels loved and appreciated. However, she didn't have the best luck of men. Her first relationship was her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks. She only stayed with him because she thought love would come naturally but it never did. Nanny died and zip - there was no blossoming love. So she ran off with Jody Starks, her second husband. Her marriage started off nice but under the superficial relationship Jody verbally and physically abused her. She stays with him until Jody dies. Afterward, she marries Tea Cake, who hopefully will give her the long-lasting-loving relationship she has been searching for all her mature life.

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Janie is desperate to find love. She keeps getting involved with all these men hoping to find the spark of love she dreamed of when she was 16 and she just hasn't found it yet. Janie wants to feel a real love connecti

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Janie is motivated to find true love. She tried to learn to love Logan Killicks, but she found out she couldn't love him the way she wanted to. She left Logan for Joe, because Joe was her true love.

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Looking at Janie's relationships, I think the hope for the perfect, true love motivates her. She created this perfect ideal in her head about how love was supposed to be and is now only expecting that. The pear tree represents her want for such a love. When Nanny forces her to marry Killicks, it was not the ideal love. She was willing to wait it out and truly believed that love would grow between a married couple, but it didn't happen. Her mindset for what she truly wants in a relationship kept her going. She left Killicks for Joe Starks and thought that that would be good. However, Joe took away some of the freedoms Janie desired like being able to talk on the porch and express her feelings. The love didn't align with the pear tree, so she sought after TeaCake. He was the best version of the pear tree as she could see. TeaCake allows her to be herself and do what she wants like play checkers and talk when she wants. Love is the pure motivation for Janie to find a partner that understands her and shares the same feelings.

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I think that Janie is motivated to finding true love. She has gone through a few relationships that were not what she expected. Janie hopes that she will finally get the perfect man of her life. She wants a man that she will love, be loved back, and not feel used. She wants the ability to be free and do what she wants.

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I think that even though she hasn't been fully content with her relationships, she is motivated by her wish of love. She hasn't felt genuine love through her relationships. She hopes that she finally will be able to at one point in her life. She had a crush on Johnny Taylor which Nanny shattered. Logan was a terrible husband, and she struggled to deal with him for the entire time they were married. She thought she may have finally found love with Joe, but as time progressed she lost hope in the relationship. She thinks Tea Cake is finally the man who will show her true love.

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I think Janie is motivated by her ideals of real love. It started when she kissed Johnny Taylor after she was lying under the pear tree. When she was forced to marry Logan Killicks she thought that she just had to wait for love to come but it never did. She almost gave up but then she met Joe Starks who seemed to be the perfect guy to love. After a while she started to become unhappy again because she still didn't feel like she found real love. After Joe died history started to repeat itself when she met TeaCake that got her hopes up again. He finally was the one that she could be completely happy with because he let her do stuff on her own and be independent.

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Janie is motivated by her need for love. She has unrealistic views of love. The pear tree is just a symbol of this. Though she didn't really choose to marry Killicks, she did choose to marry Joe Starks. She believed that what she had with Joe was true love and that he would rescue her from her terrible life with Killicks. Everything to her at the beginning with Joe was great, but then he became demanding.

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I think that Janie is motivated by the ability to be free. When she was with Logan she hated it, she had no freedom. When she was with Joe she loved him at first but then it all changed when Joe stopped giving her freedom. With Tea Cake he wants to involve her with everything.