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Chapter 8: Think Notes
Question: Did Jody really die of natural causes? Did Janie have anything to do with his death.
Predict: I think that Janie might have given something to Joe because she was tired of all of his complaining. She wanted to get rid of him so that she would no longer be misstreated in front of other people of the town.

Chapter 8 Observation: Predict.
Now that Jody has died, the townspeople will probably believe that Janie killed him. Pheoby already told Janie that there’s a rumor going around town that she’s poisoning Jody for revenge for humiliating her. It probably wouldn’t be too far-fetched. She has had kind of a rough life if you think about it. Who knows: maybe the townspeople will run her out of town! They loved Jody, and now he’s dead!

Chapter 8: Think notes

I think Jody died from poisen becuse it states that he has gone to the root- doctor and it could’ve been a certain poisen that could make a person look like he die of natural causes. Or maybe Jody wanted to take his own life. The doctors don’t think that it was God taking Jodies life but someone trying to kill him. But part of the reason this could of happened would be that Janie was sick and tired of being humiliated in front of her town that she was fed up and poisened Joe for his mistreatment.

I agree with Nick out the park or the towns people thinking that Janie might have had something to do with Jodys death. It might look that she might have wanted to get him back from making jokes at Janies expencse. Also, I can see where they would be upset to the point of wanting to run her out of town.

There is a rumor going around town that Janie is trying to poison jody. What do you think is the towns peoples first reaction when they hear that jodys kidneys have failed and he will die soon? Do you think that the people will believe the doctor or still think Janie poisoned him?

I think that janie’s grandma is going a little over board with the prtecting thing. She just assumes that becasue Janie is kissing a boy that she will end up like her mother, which is not true. The grandma needs to trust that she raised Janie right and that she will not end up like her mother.

Chapter 8: Think Notes

I think that Jody died of natural causes. Janie doesn’t seem like the person to kill somebody. Just because the she didn’t love Jody doesn’t mean she would kill him. The problem is that everybody else is going to think that Janie poisoned Jody. Then she is going to be looked at differently because people think that she killed Jody and that will just and more stress to her life. Now she won’t know what to do next. This live her life or look for Love and sympathy.

I agree with Nick Lalone. The townspeople will think Jaine killed Jody because of the rumors flying around that she poisned Jody. So the townspeople might get mad at Jaine and make her leave town. Alot of people did like Jody and they might do more then Just run her out of town.

Chapter 2 Think Card :
Question: Does Janie really want to marry Logan or does her Granny want her to marry him?
Prediction : I think Janie doesnt want to marry for a couple of reasons because first, Logan is a old man. Why would a beautiful young women like Janie want to marry a guy nearly twice her age? I can tell you why because she dosen’t! Her Granny just doesn’t want Jannie to end up like her Mother . So, in the long run I feel Janie will leave Logan and run off with another man to realize that for her to be truly happy she must be able to make her own descions and not be told what to do .

Chapter 8: Observation

In Chapter 8, Jody dies and we are told that he dies because of kidney failure. Personally, I think Janie was playing mind games with him and that is why he dies. It reminded me of how in The Scarlet Letter Chillingsworth played mind games with Dimmesdale for revenge. When Janie was talking to Joe before he died it seemed to me like she could have purposely been playing mind games also for revenge and that caused him to die.

Think-notes comment:

Along with every thing that I have read and every word I have written having to do with this book there has been a thought asking for attention. Janie is a woman (allegedly) with a very feminist element, whenever she runs off with a man it goes wrong, and 66.6% of the time it portrayed as the mans fault. Janie’s real problem is she never learned what to do with her emotions, she was sent off and left to figure it out for herself. This method adopted by her grandmother worked, it only took 40 years, and ended up ruining the novel, which could have otherwise better unfolded like a Shakespearean play. Janie’s problems make me think, and I imagine that is the purpose of this book.

Chapter 9

I question why Janie still lives in that house all by herself, and is still running Jody’s store. That is a lot of of loneliness and responsibility on her part, and she doesn’t even need to really do it. If i were her, I would be out of there. That place would just remind me of what a waste of time it was with Jody. Having all the men around is probably beckoning Janie to death. Although it might become flattering, all the men want is the money that she posses. If I were here, I would want to leave as soon as possible. I don’t think I would be able to live what she is living with right now.

With her first husband, Logan, she thought that she didn’t have to do anything except make dinner. When Janie finds out that Logan wants her to help him on the farm, she runs of with Jody. After Janie and Jody arrive in Florida, Jody opens a store and has Janie run it. She hates running the store and when Jody starts to get sick, she complains about how old he looks and how wrinkly he is. Why is Janie so such a baby? Why can’t she toughen up a little and realize that it doesn’t matter what people look like?

Chapter 8:
Summarize- In this chapter Jody’s health isn’t doing very well and the town thinks that Janie has something to do with it. Later on in the chapter we find out that Jody’s kidneys failed and he will die in a short amount of time. When he dies Janie puts on a sad face for the town, but I think on the inside she is happy and feels free.
Predict- Jody dies from kidney stones and Janie put on a sad for the town, I think that she will meet someone else that makes Janie feel happy about her.

I agree with Tony. I think that janie is trying to benefit from his death. She is still keeping the store open that Jody owned, I would have left the store and sold it. It would have reminded me of all the times I had with Jody.

chapter 8
I really do not think that Jody died of natural causes. I think Janie had something to do with it. I think this because Janie was probably sick of having to deal Joe so she did something about it. I think that Janie did it her self to get him of of her back.

Janie hears that they is a rumor going around town and she hears that from Pheoby. The rumor is that Janie is trying to poison Jody for revenge so he stops eating her food. Jody was telling her that he was trying to change her because he wasn’t satisfied who she really was.

In response to Austin:
Janie would not have killed Jody because she still had some mis-placed love for him, or something else holding her down. Janie knew that she would have trouble existing without his help because that would mean being singular owner of the store. This idea would surely torture her many times more than having to live in a state of servitude for the rest of her existence. Janie was equally stuck in town with or without Jody.

Austin you couldn’t be any more wrong! Yes, I do agree with you that, the idea of killing Jody may be lingering in Janie’s head but for her to actually do it I find hard to believe. Janie still holds a spot for Jody in her heart because she wouldn’t have left her first husband (Logan) for someone she truely didn’t love or at least like. Also, Janie isn’t capable in my eyes to kill another human and not feel any guilt at all for doing it.

I agree with Pam, why is Janie being so selfish she should be think of her husband when he is sick. She should not be thinking of herself at a time like this. At the moment she is being a really rude person.

I semi-disagree and agree with Pam. Why would you make fun of your own husband on his death bed? I think of that as a heartless move. She should at least try to comfort him in his last hours and minutes of his life. Instead, she beckons him for all the things wrong with him and their relationship. In contrast, Jody was definitely not a trophy husband by any means. He hit her, and treated her like a child. He acted as if she was a child, and not his wife. He took away her individuality in a sense also. Like making her wear the head scarfs, and making her dress a certain way. For those reasons alone, it gives Janie a justice to say what she said. I think it all just depends on how you look at their marriage, and how they treated each other.

This is in response to Kyle’s comment.
His question was “Do you think that the townspeople will believe the doctor once the cause of death is determined or will the townspeople still believe that Janie killed Jody?”
My answer to that question is the townspeople will still believe that Janie poisoned Jody. He humiliated her in front of the town. She has a psychotic reason to be mad enough, i guess.

When Jody frequently harassed Janie I question why she never stood up for herself, or try to talk to Jody to make him stop and realize, that what he was doing, would do him no good. I didn’t like how only until Jody was dying was when Janie let out her suppressed anger. I know that she was still kind of young and afraid, but I figured she was strong and confident enough to speak up. Janie fell for Jody thinking he was a step up from Logan, she thought he had potential to be her true love, so why didn’t she try to fix her relationship? Until her last marriage with Tea Cake, to me Hurston makes Janie seem like an egotistic coward.

I think that Nick Lalone makes a good observation that the towns people might run Janie out of town not that Jody is dead. The whole town was in love with Jody, they looked up to him as a leader. When the rumor was going around that Janie was poisoning him I don’t think that everyone bought into it but when he died I bet there was a huge panic even though the doctor said his kidneys failed. But after reading the book you know that she was not run out of town she left on her own will.

I agree with Trevon. It’s pretty obvious that the townspeople, who dislike Janie and like Jody, started the false poison rumor. They figured since Jody was already going to die, they could run Janie out of town by making her look like a murderer.

Chapter 9
To the towns people Janie looks sad about Jody’s death.
Questions: What if the towns people find out about Janie not really being sad about the death of Jody? What if Pheoby tells people about Janie not worrying about Jody’s death?

I think that janie had something to do with bodies death. Because she didn’t want to deal with his bad attitude anymore. I think she poisoned him or something.

I agree with Taylor. Janie should not have been mocking her husband at his deathbead. She should have been trying to think of happier times.

I agree with Pam, Why does Janie always have to complain? she only thinks of herself. She didn’t care that Jody was sick, she could only think about his age, and that he was getting wrinkly.

In response to Dajon’s question, I think that her happiness is understandable if you know her story. If you know that Jody was abusive to her and that he did not let her speak up for herself. Or that she was not allowed to talk on the porch with all of the other towns people.

I agree with Sal in saying that Austin’s comment is wrong. Janie wouldn’t have left her husband just to kill the man she ran away with. Yes Janie did not like that Jody was taking her freedom away, but not enough to poison him so that everyone would know she was the one who did it. Janie had more feelings for Jody than that.

Chapter 10 Think card

In this chapter Janie meets Tea Cake when he comes into the store to buy cigarettes. After talking for a little while they start to flirt with one another.

Question: Do you think Janie will forget her feelings that she had for Joe Starks and focus on Tea Cake?

In response to Austin’s question: I believe that Joe did die of natural causes, but that Joe along with the townspeople thought that Janie had something to do with Joe’s death. The townspeople probably thought that Janie just wanted Joe’s money and that she was trying to kill him so that she could move off and have a different life.

Chapter 9
In the end of the chapter Janie asked her friend a very good question. “Why should mourning last longer than grief?” To be quite frank I think that question is probably one of the most important questions in the entire book. Why mourn someone when you no longer feel the grief of their loss? People feel that death is such a bad thing when in reality it’s one of the best things that can happen to you. You no longer have to deal with the troubles of the world nor the pain of the body. People feel grief for themselves and their loss not for the person that died. Therefore mourning should last no longer than grief.

In response to Andrew’s question….. I dont believe she still feels any real love towards Jody and thus she has no ability to forget the love that is not there. So no she won’t forget the feeling that she didn’t have but she will focus her attention on Teacake.

Chapter 3: Predict
Janie won’t be married to Killicks for long because she doesn’t love him. The reason why she married him in the first place is because the old folks told her that love will come with marriage. Janie says that he is ugly and his feet stink. She wants beauty and love. It is hard to spend the rest of your life with someone you don’t love or are not even attracted to.

In response Andrew McClelland, yes I do think that Janie will focus on forget her feelings about Jodi and focus on Tea Cake. I believe that she will realize that she has to move on. I also think that she doesn’t want to lose her chance on having a nice handsome man in her life.

Chapter 8 think notes: predict
I feel like Janie had something to do with Jody’s death. She never argued back. I think that one day she just got fed up with taking all his nagging and his insults and everything. If I were her, I would have done it.

I don’t think that Janie knows how to pick a guy. Honestly, she was married three times. The first guy wasn’t really her pick but then Jody came along. He was just a jerk to her. All he did was insult her and make her feel bad about herself. I felt like she had something to do with his death when I first read it, but I guess he probably just died naturally?

Sal, I am with Austin, I think that it is totally possible that Janie had something to do with Jody’s death because all he did was give her problems. He constantly insulted her and bossed her around. People kill others over much less. And about the whole thing of her leaving Logan for Jody, she left Logan because she had no love for him. She thought that she would find love with Jody, she may have had it for a while, but it quickly faded. I think she could have had something to do with his death.

While reading this book, I now know a little of what a woman had to go through with her husband. A man is allowed to beat his wife, control what she does, and giving her know say in her own life. However, Janie’s relationships weren’t always that way. Her last relationship with Tea Cake was a little different. He still beat her, but he didn’t want to control her. He only told her to work with him so he could spend more time with him, which in my opinion is not bad at all. However, being a young lady, I would not appriciate being treated the way women were back then. It is degrading and humiliating. I am glad that women have more power as individuals now and can have say in their way of life.

I agree with Sami Bolton’s statement because I also believe that Janie’s grandmother was getting carried away with Janie’s marriage arrangements. Just because a girl kisses a boy does not mean she will kiss every boy she sees. However, now that I have finished the book, I see why Janie’s grandmother wanted her to settle down quickly. But, Janie is smart and knows what she wants, so she won’t stay in one place for long.

Chapter 5 Think Card:
Unhappy with her marriage with Logan Janie runs off with Joe. I questioned if Logan ever went to look for Janie, I also questioned if he had planned to change his ways with Janie since she was talking about leaving him. I do feel that Janie gave Logan some insight of her departure, so I think that he had planned to change his ways, hoping that she would stay, but he never was giving the chance.

Response To Ray’s Comment.

In some ways I do agree with Ray’s original comment, but I also disagree. I personally thought that Janie was going to stay married to Killicks; I thought she was going to learn to love him and all his flaws. Janie in my opinion should have tried to work things out with Killicks, instead of running off with another man she did not know.

I agree with nick, he is correct about how everyone in town will find Janie guilty for the death of Joe. I personally believe that Joe died because of natural causes. It was all just a terrible rumor that went around about Janie poisoned Joe; there is still a very possible chance that Janie will be ran out of town. I believe people will start realizing that it was all just a rumor.

I agree with Nick’s comment i think the townspeople will still blame Janie for the death of jody i do not think that the townspeople will try to make Janie leave the town but i do think that Janie wont have very many people to talk to because the townspeople liked Jody alot and if Janie was the reason for Jodys death Janie will not have anyone to comunicate with in the town.

In Chapter 11, Tea Cake buys a car to show that he is not using Janie for her money or the things she has. It tells the readers that he really likes her and that he is not a womanizer. I think its romantic that he bought a car, because he wants to take her to the city picnic and make their realationship public. Also when he wants to come over to Janies house he wont have to walk seven miles.

Chapter 8 summary- In chapter 8 Janie didnt to posion Jody everyone thought that Janie posioned Jody but it was just a rumor. Janie seems sad that Jody is about to die.

I would have to agree with Nick. I believe that the townspeople will blame Janie for Jody’s death. People are spreading rumors saying that it was her fault. I think that Jody died from natural cause like Kidney failure. There is a posibilty that the townspeople might run her out of town. But I highly doubt that will happen even though the townspeople all loved Jody.

I would agree with Nick Lalone. Jody wasn’t killed by poisen and the townspeople started rumors about the whole situation. Janie was blamed for the death and the townspeople tried to get her kicked out of the town. The people did like Jody and when if Janie was the one who killed him then the town would ignore her and kick her out.

I agree with Pam, she is definetly selfish for not caring with the fact that her husband just died!!!! It should be a major problem if my spouse just out of nowhere passed away. If my spouse had passed I would mourn for half a month and then worry about my financial situation later. That essentially makes her heartless for her state of mind.

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In my opinion, Janie might have put a voodoo curse, on Joe. He wasn’t the nicest guy to her. He viewed her as another pair of “farm hands”, to help him out. The fact that he had to…teach her a lesson…shows that he didn’t feel she was doing what he thought she should be doing. Being inflicted with pain, by another, usually doesn’t make the other person happy. Well, in most cases that is.

I feel really bad when Tea Cake catches mad dog disease from trying to save Janie during the hurricane. When he tries to save her, it shows that he really does love her and would do anything for her. He was already exhausted from the walk to Palm Beach from where they started, but he still gathered enough energy to save his wife.

I agree with Ray when he says that Janie won’t stay with Logan for long because she didn’t love him. As bad as she wanted to she couldn’t bring herself to have these feelings for him.

I felt really bad when Tea Cake got bit by the dog. It really showed how much he loved her, he risk his life to save hers. I dont think that Janie should of shoot Tea Cake with the pistol even though he was going to die anyways, and that she felt treatened when they were fighting. She is the reason why he got bit by the dog so she would of never killed him.

I agree with Pams responce. Janie shouldnt care what her husband looks like. He is really sick the only thing she should care about is to try to make him feel better. She was being selfish and rude.

Do you really believe that Jody just died out of the blue? No, there is no way because he was not that old. Janie must of had something to do with his death. Could she of poisioned him? Maybe, she could of came up with some crazy idea, such as poisioning his chewing tobacco. Or maybe Janie just sliped something into his drink. These questions may never be answered unless they are solved. But as of right now, Jody just died because of how the book said he did.

I am siding with Dajon Campbell on the fact that Janie is sort of happy that Jody died. After his death, the narrator announced that janie was pretending to feel bad at Joes funeral. Also, janie has decided to keep the store open and inherit all the money that joe has left behind. Another reason I know that Janie is over Jody, is the fact that she found another man pretty quick. However I do not blame her for her actions because Tea Cake seems to be a way better person than Jody.

Mr.Kreinbring my two entries are lat because I was not here the day that you assigned these. Thankyou.

In chapter 8 Joe moves out of the bedroom beecause he hit Janie. They find out that his kidneys have failed. Joe is dying. Janie tells him what she really has been feeling all along and it was not love. Joe died, Janie let her hair down once agian.

I agree with Dajon that she is just trying to get all of his money. That she sould have sold the store in despite of Jody to try adn get back at him a little bit.

I disagree with rachel about how Janie played mind game with Jody and that caused his death to come quicker, but i believe that Janie had no reason to because she knew he was going to be dead soon and didn’t have to speed that process up .

In Chapter 8, Jody dies and we all read that he dies because of kidney failure. I think that Jody died of natural causes. Janie doesn’t seem like a person to kill somebody because she always wanted love in her life. We all know that Janie doesn’t love Jody so now that he has died the people of the town will suspect Janie of killing Jody. Pheoby already told Janie that there’s a rumor going around town that she’s poisoning Jody for revenge for humiliating her.

I agree with Trevon Burrell, because some disliking someone else doesn’t me that he or she killed that person. There are many people I dislike and you don’t see me killing them. Janie was brought up to love and not evil, so I don’t think she did kill Jody. What made me agree with Mr. Burrell is this and I quote “ I think that Jody died of natural causes. Janie doesn’t seem like the person to kill somebody. Just because the she didn’t love Jody doesn’t mean she would kill him.”

In chapter 13 it says that Tea Cake took her money. But I think that Janie shouldn’t relate to someone else’s life, because I think that she should know how to trust her instincts and don’t think the worse. Just know how to trust the one she loves.

I agree with Carlee, I also thought that was a good idea for Tea Cake to drive the car. Thought it showed that he had class and he was just using her. He really wanted to her a real good time on their date.

I don’t think that Janie killed Jody by poisening him, I believe he died of natural causes (kidney failure). I believe this because Janie doesn’t seem like the type of person who would take the cowardly way out. And I believe this because she left Logan, she didn’t kill him so that she could leave. And even though Jodi treated Janie like a piece of dirt, I don’t think that that would be enough to motivate her to kill him.

In response to Pam’s comment:

I agree with Pam that Janie was being a selfish jerk when Jodi was dying. One, there are more to people than looks, and I’m sure if Janie could learn this she’d be better at picking husbands. What is behind the mask is way more important than the mask itself. Two, no matter how badly Jodi treated Janie, he deserved mercy on his deathbed. Calling him out on all of his faults was a really low blow, in my opinion.

Janie won’t be married to Killicks for long because she doesn’t love him. The reason why she married him in the first place is because the old folks told her that love will come with marriage. Janie says that he is ugly and his feet stink. She wants beauty and love. It is hard to spend the rest of your life with someone you don’t love or are not even attracted to.

In response Andrew McClelland, yes I do think that Janie will focus on forget her feelings about Jodi and focus on Tea Cake. I believe that she will realize that she has to move on. I also think that she doesn’t want to lose her chance on having a nice handsome man in her life.

Did Tea Cake receive rabies, or was he injected with them? This question comes from days of thinking. I believe that Tea Cake may have gambled a lot and in turn won a lot of money, and, given her evil past, Janie may have just wanted the money Tea Cake possibly may have won. I think that Janie is just a flat out gold digger. She gave him rabies just so she could have a reason to shoot him. She is evil. Evil!

Yeah it makes no since but it dose get you thinking.

To comment on Austin Langenstein’s entry, I think that his conspiracy theory about Jody makes since. To be honest Janie hasn’t exactly been very continuance with her relationships, which is a cause of worry in my book. She may just be a gold digger, and I’ve said this from the beginning to. Yeah she’s got a pretty face, but the mind of a mad woman.

Ch.9
Summary- Janie feels free now that Jody has died. She burns all the rags that he made her wear, which is a symbol of her freedom. Men try to talk to her now that Jody is gone, but they all want her money. Janie tells Pheoby that she is not worried about his death, and Pheoby tells her to keep it to herself before people start to talk.

Why does Janie keep Jody’s store open

Chapter 8 think notes.

I feel that Janie wanted Jodie to die in a way. She did like being in the limelight but did not like the fact that Jodie controlled every one of her moves and made her do what he wanted. Janie had to work at places she didn’t like and that made her a little angry at Jodie. Jodie would also not let her talk to the people on the porch which angered her more. All these things combined made Janie seem relieved when Jodie died.

I agree with Dajon on this issue. Janie does burn all her rags and this signifies her freedom. Pheboy is a very helpful friend and tries to look out for Janie by warning her that a lot of people are just after her money. When Jodie dies Janie does feel relieved. Janie is very mistreated over all her relationships and this causes her to be anxious at Jodies death.

I agree with Daniel. I feel the same way Daniel feels about how Janie wanted Jody to die. Janie didn’t like the way that Jody treated her so she wanted something to happen so she wouldn’t have to deal with that anymore. She also wouldn’t let her talk to people even if she wanted to.

I think that jody died of being a bad and mean man who worried too much. I think the strain of the shop and from being the mayor worked him down too much and made him easily infected by disease.

I argree with Brian Westover in the fact that janie didn’t kill jody she just didn’t like him that much she new what it took to be his wife why would she kill him she had a comfortable life.

Chapter 8

I think Janie is excited Jody is dead because she is now free from being Jodie’s slave. Jodie didn’t let Janie’s brightness shine and he was an woman beater. I hope Janie will chase her dream instead of looking for another man.

I agree with Daniel in a way because Janie didn’t want to be controlled, she just wanted to be loved and she had found another wananbe slave owner.

My response to Kyle Reinhart is that Janie is not poisoning Jody. I believe that the towns people are just jealous of Janie. I say that they are all jealous because if there is a slightly older person who has no husband or wife would be mad if she was throwing away what they think is love. I believe that if you are afraid of a reaction that you are unsure of, don’t do it alone. If you are not alone then the odds are the other person will not have a chance to harm you in anyway unless they kill them both.

Chapter 7 Summary

In chapter 7 Janie becomes even more aware that her marriage with Jody at this stage is not good. And Jody keeps insulting Janie. Jody keeps telling Janie that she is getting old and she is not what she used to be, even though he is older and is in worst shape than she is. Then Janie had enough of it and insulted him in front of the porch sitters, Jody got mad, slapped her, and made her leave the store.

I agree with David about how Jodi died, because when you worry too much and are mad a lot, it shortens your life. He could have had a heart attack from too much stress or something. Jodi needs to calm down and relax, he doesn’t have to be mad and worry all the time. His life would be much easier.

Chapter 7 was when Janie realized that her marrage was starting to go down hill. Jodi treated her nice at first but now all he does is a complain. Make Janie feel old and not letting her be herself. Jodi got what he deserved. When he was calling out Janie in the store she turned around and insulted him back. He which then hit her in the face and made her leave the store. Which I thought was totally not called for. Men should not hit women. Why is Jodi so worried about calling Janie out?

I agree with Nick and Austin. I can understand why the towns people would think she killed Jody. Cause from their point of view it looks like she wanted revenge, and was successful. I also understand why they would want her out of town to. The towns people need to understand that seh didnt do anything he died from a natural cause.

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I don’t think that Janie poisoned Joe. It was clear that she was sick of Joe making fun of her and embarassing her in the shop, but I don’t think that she would kill him over it. There could easily be a logical explanation as to why he died. Doctors just probably haven’t found it because back then, cures were hard to find. That’s why I don’t think Janie killed him.

I disagree with Austin’s comment about Janie killing Jody. It’s true that she wanted to get revenge on him, but when he first became mayor, Janie was practically begging Joe to be like a normal familly. Like Joe G said, she doesn’t seem like the type to kill him, because she ran away just to be with him. Although she has gain freedom, since every one suspects she killed him she has loss respect, and I doubt that anyone would want to lose there respect, especially Janie who was not liked in her home town. That’s why I disagree when Austin says that Janie killed Jody.

Honestly I didn’t like the ending to Their Were Watching God because Janie had finally found love and she lost it when she was truly happy. Tea cake had shown and experienced a lot of things with Janie when he was alive which is also why I don’t like the fact that he died. Yes Tea cake did die from trying to save Janie from a rabid dog but that’s hardly an ending for someone like him. I was rooting so hard for Janie to stay happy and have a fairytale ending but instead Hurston had Tea cake killed by Janie which only darkened the mood of the story. The ending was sort of weak too because I wanted to know and understand what happened to Janie after Tea cakes death. Still the book was good and big props to Hurston for a great book.

Come on you guys, why would Janie poison Joe? Remember what Mr. K said Janie only wanted Joe for his material things not for him (btw that’s y she went to Tea cake so quick after Joe’s death). Janie didn’t like Joe but she dealt with him just because she had no choice but when he died Janie regained her hair and her freedom.

In this chapter, Jody is getting sick, and all the people in the town think that Janie is responsible for it. Jody dies later from his kidney’s. However, after Jody dies, Janie acts like she is sad when she’s in town, except she doesn’t feel sadness, rather she feels free instead.

I agree with Daniel. Coming from experience, I think that being in a controlling relationship is horrible. It is not good for your self-esteem to be controlled and told what to do every day. I do believe that Janie was happy when Jody died because it meant that she got her freedom back. Janie was finally able to live her life her way again and I think that the thought of being capable of living her life and having her freedom back was why Janie was happy when Jody departed.

Chapter 9
All the people in town think that Janie seems sad about the death of Jody. Honestly I think that she feels free and uplifted at the fact that she can become herself again. She was never able to be herself around Jody. I just feel that she became happier.

I think shane swinburnson is wrong about janie poisining jody. She could never get the courage to do such a thing. I mean she loved him to an extent. Even though she was angry with him she could never hurt him.

Chapter 7 was when Janie realized that her marrage was starting to go down hill. Jodi treated her nice at first but now all he does is a complain. Make Janie feel old and not letting her be herself. Jodi got what he deserved. When he was calling out Janie in the store she turned around and insulted him back. He which then hit her in the face and made her leave the store. Which I thought was totally not called for. Men should not hit women. Why is Jodi so worried about calling Janie out?

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