2. Janie is initially attracted to each man differently in each one of her marriages. Her first marriage to Logan, was set up by her Nanny. “She could see no way for it to come about, but Nanny and the old folks had said it, so it must be so” (Hurston 21). Her Nanny saw Logan as a protective love for Janie. Janie felt that her marriage to Logan would develop love between them. For once she felt the representation of the blossom in the pear tree at her Nanny’s house. Janie attracted to Joe Starks as an escape from unsatisfying love of Logan. Janie saw potential in Joe and felt he could provide for her in the future. Joe told her that he would treat her like a lady and not a slave, like Logan. Janie for the first time felt wanted and true compassionate love from a man. In each one of her relationships her sense of pride gets in the way of continuing her relationships. She realizes that protective love does not satisfy for the need of love she desired. Over time each man becomes attracted to making her become someone she didn’t want to become. In each relationship she learns that sometimes love doesn’t evolve by being married.
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The image of the black woman as the mule of the world becomes a symbol for Janie and in her relationships. Her Nanny told her that “de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as ah been able to find out” (14). Janie chooses to play the role of the mule by marrying Logan because he has 60 acres of land and he ultimately uses her like a mule. She becomes nothing different than an animal to Logan as he makes her do everything he asks. Janie becomes Joe’s trophy wife and forbidden to be a black woman. Joe bans her from trying to be anything other than the absorption of the white world. He refused to allow her to talk in public because who would listen to a mule. The image of the mule became a reality for Janie no matter how hard she chose to refuse it. The image of a black women would always burden on her and her
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The image of the black woman as the mule of the world becomes a symbol for Janie and in her relationships. Her Nanny told her that “de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as ah been able to find out” (14). Janie chooses to play the role of the mule by marrying Logan because he has 60 acres of land and he ultimately uses her like a mule. She becomes nothing different than an animal to Logan as he makes her do everything he asks. Janie becomes Joe’s trophy wife and forbidden to be a black woman. Joe bans her from trying to be anything other than the absorption of the white world. He refused to allow her to talk in public because who would listen to a mule. The image of the mule became a reality for Janie no matter how hard she chose to refuse it. The image of a black women would always burden on her and her