This course explored four novels, which examined the connections between race, gender, age, and class. The women characters from each novel dealt with their own victimizations. The two women that will be discussed within this essay are Janie Crawford from Their Eyes Were Watching God and Etta Mae Johnson from The Women of Brewster Place. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie Crawford is the main character, and the novel explores her story which consist of confusion, love, and hate. Janie experiences many obstacles and hardships; she strives to find her voice and eventually succeeds in doing so over many years. As Janie’s story is examined, it’s learned that she is married several times, and each one of her husbands has a different effect on her ability to find herself. Janie falls into her own victimization as a woman; however, gains self-knowledge as an outcome of her experiences with love and life itself. With Janie’s first marriage to Logan Killicks, she is in a
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Etta Mae Johnson was a fast woman living the fast life, and she became the woman she is, due to her childhood. She was a child from Rock Vale, Tennessee, that spent most of her “teenage years in constant trouble” (Naylor, 59). This began when she had an encounter with Johnny Brick, a “horny white bastard” whose family burned down her father’s barn when she fled the county (Naylor, 60). Etta decided to get out in hopes of finding a man that could support her and show her the good life. As Etta returned to Brewster, the resident’s dissatisfaction was greatly expressed... “The residents sucked their teeth in disappointment, and the more envious felt self-righteousness twist the corners of their mouths. It was only Etta. Looked like she’d done all right by herself—this time around” (Naylor,
Etta Mae Johnson was a fast woman living the fast life, and she became the woman she is, due to her childhood. She was a child from Rock Vale, Tennessee, that spent most of her “teenage years in constant trouble” (Naylor, 59). This began when she had an encounter with Johnny Brick, a “horny white bastard” whose family burned down her father’s barn when she fled the county (Naylor, 60). Etta decided to get out in hopes of finding a man that could support her and show her the good life. As Etta returned to Brewster, the resident’s dissatisfaction was greatly expressed... “The residents sucked their teeth in disappointment, and the more envious felt self-righteousness twist the corners of their mouths. It was only Etta. Looked like she’d done all right by herself—this time around” (Naylor,