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Janie Quotes And Analysis

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When, all of them were telling gossip and lies about Janie, her best friend came to defend her with a brazen of assurance.

When the town’s people saw Janie, the women weren’t capering with joy to see she has returned home.

The town’s women seemed to chastise Janie for how she looked and dressed but the men felt otherwise.

Janie had no love for her husband Logan and became doleful she could ever be able to love him.

Janie felt logan was treating her in a desecrated way because he was spoiling her less and demanding her to work more.

After the death of Nanny, Logan was becoming more and more fractious with Janie.

As time went by for Janie, she started to feel more and more incredulous about being able to love Logan.

Nanny started to

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