I perceive Janie from the text as being somewhat soft-spoken and overly misjudged. She is said to be incredibly beautiful, that of someone much younger (pg 2) and the narrator states ' Seeing the woman made them remember the envy they had stored up from other times.' (pg 2). There is obviously an unspoken jealousy against Janie for her beauty; it's almost as if she herself is so kind but the other women think she is being rude by showing off her beauty, but she is actually just being who she is. This apparent non-scurrilous manner is shown in the way she talks and confides within Phoeby as well. The first words that come out of her mouth are about how she wanted to wash her feet from walking so far (pg 4). However, this is not the only side to Janie. She also has a fierce side that understands how others judge her, and they she feels frustrated by this back talk against her. (pg 6)
The narrator I feel is the poet in Hurston, and sometimes goes off of tangents that are indirectly related to the plot. First off, the novel starts off with this idea of what how a man acts in relation to his dreams and how a woman goes for her dreams. Thus, I take the stance that the narrator has somewhat of a feminist viewpoint because it is almost as if the narrator is portraying men as either going in for something, or completely failing, whereas women know what they want and go get it.
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