After Janie’s disastrous marriage with Logan Killicks, she was searching for a man that would provide her the missing aspect from her previous relationship and when Janie saw Jody coming down the road, she saw things being different. Jody “…spoke for far horizon…” and “He spoke for change and chance.” (29) and Janie was enamoured by this. While Jody may not have been the human embodiment of Janie’s pear tree (the pear tree acts as a symbol for Janie’s ideal man), she seemed to think that he was better than Logan. Unfortunately for Janie, Jody in many ways was worse than Logan. There was an overarching theme within Jody and Janie’s relationship, Janie seemed to be forced to be silent. The biggest example of this was when Jody had finished making improvements to the town and the townspeople held a ceremony for him and Janie as way to show
After Janie’s disastrous marriage with Logan Killicks, she was searching for a man that would provide her the missing aspect from her previous relationship and when Janie saw Jody coming down the road, she saw things being different. Jody “…spoke for far horizon…” and “He spoke for change and chance.” (29) and Janie was enamoured by this. While Jody may not have been the human embodiment of Janie’s pear tree (the pear tree acts as a symbol for Janie’s ideal man), she seemed to think that he was better than Logan. Unfortunately for Janie, Jody in many ways was worse than Logan. There was an overarching theme within Jody and Janie’s relationship, Janie seemed to be forced to be silent. The biggest example of this was when Jody had finished making improvements to the town and the townspeople held a ceremony for him and Janie as way to show