Their Eyes Were Watching God Part 1

Not going to lie, after reading the first chapter I was a little skeptical of where this novel was going.  I found the first chapter a little confusing and hard to get into.  For starters, the dialect was hard to get used to so it took me a lot longer to read that I would have liked.  However, much to my surprise, after reading a few more chapters, I began to really enjoy Janie’s story. 

After Janie left Logan and was starting to see Jody’s true colors, I thought for sure that Janie was going to leave Jody too.  However, Hurston took the novel to different place when she chose to have Janie stay with him.  I think this decision was a big deal in showing Janie’s maturity.  She learned that leaving isn’t always the answer and that sometimes sticking it out may be the best thing to do.  Although through her twenty years with Jody she had to suppress her voice, I think this time of silence helped Janie learn how and when to use her voice in the future.  She matured into a strong woman who knew exactly what she wanted and wasn’t afraid of what other people had to say about it.