Through imagery, Hurston reveals Janie’s freedom that she is granted after Joe dies in order to display doors that open or close after every decision a person makes. Hurston does this to emphasize the image Joe wanted of him, and Janie and how he accomplished it only to lose it in the end. Janie started to receive attention from the men around town, sometimes contemplating about what potential some of them had when it come to marriage, but in the end she would bask in the freedom of the choice in and of itself. “‘Tain’t dat Ah worries over Joe’s death, Pheoby. Ah jus’ loves dis freedom.”(93) Janie expresses her lack of interest in Joe’s death with “Tain’t dat Ah worries over Joe’s death…”. Hurston had Janie say this to Pheoby because she wanted
