Her last love is not meant to appease another person, values ​​respect, and repels hardship while exemplifying kindness (1 Corinthians 13:4). This outward expression of Janie's maturity and faith allows her to reduce her dependence on her husband. On the last page of the novel, Janie finally finds peace, without any man by her side (193). She recognizes that in her first two marriages, abuse, conformity, and pride were commonplace and that these characteristics stood in stark contrast to the marriage she saw as natural. However, Janie finds in Tea Cake a love that “never gives up, never loses faith, always has hope, and endures in all circumstances,” which she remembers and refuses to let die (1 Corinthians