In Jane Eyre, Jane gains control over her life and discovers her independence through taking to heart Helen’s teachings over the significance of reason, persistence, forgiveness, and self-sufficiency, returning to Gateshead to apologize to Mrs. Reed, leaving Thornfield, and lastly rejecting St. John to return back to Thornfield. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie establishes her freedom as well as learns how to familiarize her voice after experiencing her marriages with Logan and Joe and during her marriage with Tea Cake, especially during the crises of the hurricane and the moment where she has to shoot Tea Cake.