Society

Society was always looking at Janie: the way she dressed, her mood, her hair, her makeup, were always the topic of conversation amongst the other women in town. The women would criticize the reason why Janie didn’t love her first husband. The “gazed” woman’s body in this novel is represented in the way Janie had white features, which made others look at her because they thought she was an easy woman. This is also very ironic because she was not supposed to talk with white people. As the story progresses, Janie abandons her husband, Logan, because he was being awfully demanding and was treating her like a slave. She leaves with Joe Starks, a man in whom she sees a future with.