Finding your soulmate is a long and difficult process for most, as it is for Janie in the novel Their Eyes Were God by Zora Neale Hurston. Marries Logan Killicks, Joe Starks and Tea Cake Woods who seem to look alike; however, the reasons for the actions they take are completely different. All three husbands are similar in how they all have expectations of Janie as a wife. Logan Killicks, Janie's first husband, has expectations of Janie. His reasons for his expectations, however, are because he wants her to help out on the farm. Logan shows this expectation by saying, “No, Ah, I need two mules, yes. Taters will become Taters in the fall. Bringing great prices. Ah aims to run two plows, and this man I'm talking about has a mule all tamed so even a woman can handle it” (21). He gets the idea that Janie can work with him, Logan has her bring wood to the house, cut seeds from potatoes, and even move piles of manure. Likewise, Joe Starks also expects a lot from Janie. However, he is motivated to improve his image, making Janie the Mrs. Mayor Starks who is now Joe's eye candy. His vision of a great voice is mostly in Janie's perfect appearance, as in this quote that states, "Everyone was ranking up, and she didn't mean anyone else's wife to rank up with her" (34). He expected Janie to be his trophy wife and look better than everyone else. Tea Cake Woods' expectations of Janie as a wife are also the same. However he had a different approach, all Tea Cake wanted was for Janie to be his equal and nothing more. His motivation is love. Tea Cake loves Janie and the way he expresses it is when he says, “Put that two hundred back with the change, Janie. Oh dice. Ah... middle of the paper... an important experience is when they travel and live in the slime. Learn from Tea Cake about true love and what it feels like to be like that. At his death Janie realizes this and says this: “Love is a sea lake. It is a touching thing, but nevertheless it takes its shape from the shore it encounters, and is different with each shore” (152). Janie knows she will never find a love like hers and Tea Cakes, so she feels alive and now has all these lessons about life in her lap from her three husbands. Janie Crawford marries three men who look very similar; however, their motivations for their actions are different. After everything she's been through, will she be able to stop herself from finding someone else? Maybe all the expectations of being a wife, the abuse, and the life lessons are all she can handle. So many thoughts, so many questions, so many possibilities, so little time.