arturo22’s Blog

In these few chapters Janie is victim to bad relationships. And what Hurston is trying to show in these relationships is that there needs to be true love in order for a relationship to succeed. For example even if Logan spoils her, there is no chemistry between them; Janie was forced onto him. And then when Janie goes with Joe a man of money with an education she also becomes unhappy because she is basically ignored because of the great importance that the town has taken for Joe. 

There is a quote on page 48 that expresses a very interesting sentiment that Hurston could have been trying to give us. The quote says, ” It sort of made them feel that they had been taken advantage of. Like things had been kept from them.” I feel like Hurston is trying to show us how different the lives of the poor black people were from the rich white people even from the rich black person. It is as if she is saying that a drape has been put over the eyes of the poor black society in order to keep them ignorant and away from main stream society.