In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Heale Hurston, a former slave named Nanny, the ideal marriage is if the relationship provides both protection and security. Although people always have their own perspectives and views on issues that are different from those of others, Nanny's view of marriage is influenced by slavery and her unhappy life experience. As a former slave, Nanny's idea of ​​marriage is influenced by her social status. During the era of slavery, African Americans could not obtain much freedom and were treated like merchandise by their white masters. Especially for African American women, they were at the bottom of society, which made their lives even more difficult. Slavery had ingrained Nanny's spirit, she believed that the best thing that could happen to an African American woman is to marry a man who she can rely on and whose marriage can provide her protection. Johnny Taylor isn't the one because Nanny thought an insignificant kid like him would ruin Janie's life, and Nanny chose someone respectable, someone like Logan Killicks. Janie, Nanny's granddaughter, a young girl born as a free child, does not have to go through the difficult times of slavery that her nanny experienced. Janie thinks she should realize her own dream by marrying a man she loves, and she ignores the importance of material wealth. Nanny has learned the lesson that love is not the same as love, and she thinks Janie is simply too young to realize the truth. As a slave near the end of the Civil War, Nanny gave birth to her white master's child, who became Janie's mother. But the white man disappointed Nanny when his wife realized that the baby belonged to her husband, his wife flew into a jealous rage; she declared that Nanny would receive a hundred lashes in the morning and see her baby sold when he was a month old, but he did nothing for Nanny and her own child, and Nanny eventually had to run away with her baby. This painful and heartbreaking experience taught Nanny a hard lesson: love cannot always be trusted; moreover, love alone cannot play a role in marriage. Unlike her young granddaughter Janie who is young and only sees the reason to get married is if it is true love. ¡§the inaudible voice of all this reached him.