Love and marriage are both two very common occurrences. When two people meet and fall in love, the next natural step is to get married and work as a team to raise a family, and build a life together; they hope to stay married forever. Statistics show that 41% of marriages end in divorce, meaning that the outcome of Janie’s marriages lasting was narrow, especially since her first two relationships were only one-sided. For example, when Janie Crawford married Logan Killicks, she felt an absence of love towards him. Janie made her decisions on love based on what others wanted, and then took herself into consideration after the fact. As a young girl, Janie’s grandmother wanted her to marry a good man for security, so she forced Janie to marry
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He is a very selfish man in the majority of their twenty year marriage, making her grovel for his attention, until she doesn’t want him anymore. After she makes the decision to leave Logan, Janie goes to the train tracks to marry Joe because he promises her “he would be a big ruler of things with her reaping the benefits” (29). Joe Starks planned to be rich, and also planned to lavish Janie with all of the things her young heart could ever desire. He makes good on his promises, but she starts to feel left out; like a third wheel in her own marriage. Janie soon grew tired of sharing her husband with the town. He would not allow her to speak in public, and she had to keep her hair tied up all of the time. He may have been respectful, willing to compromise, and gave her everything she could dream of, but he still is not a good husband because he denies her the affection and passion she craves. As Joe is on his deathbed, she finally gets the courage to tell him how she really feels about him; about why the marriage isn’t working: “Jody, maybe Ah ain’t been sick uh good wife to you, but Jody. . .Ah meant to be awfully nice. . . it wasn’t because Ah didn’t have no sympathy. Ah had a uh lavish uh DAT. Ah just didn’t never git no chance to use none of it. You wouldn’t let me” (85). With that out in the open, her marriage to a man who didn’t love her anymore came to an end. As Joe dies, Janie realizes that she can finally live her life. Joe may have given her wealth and local fame, but he is not a good husband because he put the town before their
He is a very selfish man in the majority of their twenty year marriage, making her grovel for his attention, until she doesn’t want him anymore. After she makes the decision to leave Logan, Janie goes to the train tracks to marry Joe because he promises her “he would be a big ruler of things with her reaping the benefits” (29). Joe Starks planned to be rich, and also planned to lavish Janie with all of the things her young heart could ever desire. He makes good on his promises, but she starts to feel left out; like a third wheel in her own marriage. Janie soon grew tired of sharing her husband with the town. He would not allow her to speak in public, and she had to keep her hair tied up all of the time. He may have been respectful, willing to compromise, and gave her everything she could dream of, but he still is not a good husband because he denies her the affection and passion she craves. As Joe is on his deathbed, she finally gets the courage to tell him how she really feels about him; about why the marriage isn’t working: “Jody, maybe Ah ain’t been sick uh good wife to you, but Jody. . .Ah meant to be awfully nice. . . it wasn’t because Ah didn’t have no sympathy. Ah had a uh lavish uh DAT. Ah just didn’t never git no chance to use none of it. You wouldn’t let me” (85). With that out in the open, her marriage to a man who didn’t love her anymore came to an end. As Joe dies, Janie realizes that she can finally live her life. Joe may have given her wealth and local fame, but he is not a good husband because he put the town before their