Their Eyes were Watching God: Part 1

There was so much to discover in the first 5 chapters of "Their eyes were watching God." I felt that the book was definetely a feminist book so far. The opening quote "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing unitl the watcher turns his eyes awayin resgination, his dreams mocked to death by time. That is the Life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everthing that they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth." Zora Neale Hurston, i believe establishes a fundamental difference between men and women, with just the opening statement.
Throughout Chapters 1-5 you kind of get an idea of the relationships that are being made. There are a few relationships with Janie and Men, but also the relationship with Janie and her Greandmother and also her best Friend, Pheoby. I think that realtionships developed in the story, helps to establish a theme. When thinking about the relationships between Janie and men, it seems as though she is searching for the right man to marry, but she strikes out a few times. Since she was pushed into marrying Logan Killicks by her grandmother, Janie can't develop a relationship in which she really loves him. Nanny, keeps telling Her that eventually the love will come but it never does. So then Janie leaves Logan for Joe Starks. Even after she thought that she loved him, the love seemed to fade to quickly. Joe (Jody) was obsessed with changing the town of Eatonville, and he didn't put much effort into the realtionship with Janie. One more relationship that is evident is the one betweeen Janie and her best friend, Pheoby. Janie puts much of her trust in Pheoby, by telling her whole story to her. But i beleive that as we continue reading the novel we will discover more themes and also different relationships that become evident to us.