Janie had robbed him of his illusion of irresistible maleness
Janie finally started standing up for herself and became more powerful compared to how she was before. She started to make Joe feel bad about himself.
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“You gettin’ too moufy, Janie,” Starks told her
Janie starts to feel like she can’t tell Joe anything after he yells at her and slaps her. She starts to become quiet and less like herself because of him.
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“Thank yuh fuh yo’ compliments, but mah wife don’t know nothin’ ’bout no speech-makin’. Ah never married her for nothin’ lak dat. She’s uh woman and her place is in de home.”
Joe doesn’t let Janie give a speech because he thinks she won’t know how to since she’s a woman. Janie felt very controlled by Joe and went home feeling offended.
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“Mah name is Janie Mae Killicks since Ah got married. Useter be name Janie Mae Crawford. Mah husband is gone tuh buy a mule fuh me tuh plow. He left me cuttin’ up seed p’taters.”
Janie tells Joe that her husband left her all alone to cut up potatoes, which shows how she feels towards her husband.
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Nanny wants Janie to marry Logan Kilicks so that she stays protected and doesn’t end up like her and her mother, but Janie didn’t think she could connect with Logan.
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Tain’t Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it’s protection
Nanny wants Janie to marry Logan Kilicks so that she stays protected and doesn’t end up like her and her mother, but Janie didn’t think she could connect with Logan.
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