The poet Edgar Allen Poe once said: "I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between disaster and atrocity . » Poe means that we must not give in to the pressures of the world that fall on every person. The bearing of the harshness that people inflict on others, on people who can't seem to find any anchor in life. Janie struggles with the constant tugs of everyday life and people who try to make her into something she's not. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston shows that Janie is positively affected by the deaths of those close to her because each death teaches Janie something new that helps her get back up and give something back to the world. Were Watching God, Janie is positively affected by the death of Nanny, Janie's late grandmother; and Joe and Tea Cake, Janie's late husbands, because as the road progresses, Janie learns something new that makes her stronger with each task she faces and each death she encounters. The narrator says, “She hated her grandmother and had hidden it all these years under a cloak of pity. She was preparing for her great journey towards the horizons in search of people; it was important to the whole world that she should find them and they find her" (89). This shows that Nanny doesn't care whether Janie finds love or not, because Nanny just wants Janie to have someone one to care for her when she dies, Janie sees that Nanny is not there to watch over her carefully, so Janie does what she has dreamed of all her life, to find love. story, Zora Neale Hurston shows that Janie is positively affected by Nanny's death because Janie now has the ability to live her love life the way she wanted... middle of paper ... made her gain some million pieces, but it still glowed and hummed. So they reduced it to nothing but sparks, but each little spark had a sparkle and a song. .. Like all the other mudballs, Janie had tried to show off her brilliance” (90). Every time Janie tries to show who she really is, someone new enters her life and takes on that glimmer of freedom and sovereignty. away from her. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie is positively affected by the deaths of those close to her because each death teaches Janie something new that helps her get back on her feet. I think the lesson here is that you have to do it. be proud of what and who they are. Additionally, one must always defend what they believe in. Works Cited Hurston, Zora N. Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel New York: Harper Perennial, 2006. Print..