Their Eyes Were Watching God- Journal #1

From the first chapter I see Janie as being a very confident person who is very comfortable in her own skin. This is proven when the people on the porch are criticizing Janie for being in overalls instead of being in a summer dress, how she has her hair down and instead of feeling the need to protest she continued to walk to her house. I also perceive Janie as being a very humble person. This is shown in Janie's reaction when Pheoby compliments Janie on her age by saying: "... Gal, you sho looks good. You looks like youse yo' own daughter." Janie then replies with: " Ah takes dat flattery offa you, Pheoby, 'cause ah knows it's from de heart." By using this statement, she politely thanks Pheoby without showing any knowledge of her described beauty. I perceive the narrator as someone who is biased towards females because of how sitters are described as "tongueless, earless, and eyeless conveniences." when these people are very harshly criticizing Janie. The narrator also starts the novel off with figurative language that criticizes the abilities of man to fulfill their dreams. To me the figurative language states that men aren't able to fulfill their dreams because men don't have enough time to follow through on any of their dreams.