The first stage of janie life begins with her grandmother also known as nanny. Nanny is the only family member janie has ever known, and she raises janie the best as she can. Nanny is very influential towards janie as she wants her to have a good experiences to men, unlike leafy and her. Nanny had lived a traumatic life of being a slave, a victim of rape and had bad experiences with men. As a result of these events in nanny life, nanny hope that janie would have a future that is served and a good marriage. Therefore when she caught janie kissing a boy, she insist janie got married so that Janie would have a secured future. Although janie disagrees with the arrangement nanny leads her to believe that love would eventually surface with this
