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This is janie and Jodie's character life map from
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their eyes were watching God by Zora Neale hurston.
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Um This is a visual representation of their lives both before they met
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when they were together and both of their lives after they
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separated paths,
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Janey's life before
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their eyes were watching God by Zora Neale
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hurston to fix Janey's early life As Misfortunate,
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she said to have lived with her grandmother in the backyard
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of a white family that did not treat her father well.
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When she's a little older,
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her grandmother marries her off to a man
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named Logan in hopes of stability and security.
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Janie initially thinks she will develop feelings for Logan, but after a while,
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she fears the feelings will never come
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at the beginning, Janie does not seem to know herself, nor was she desires very well.
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While married to Logan, she meets Jody,
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she is turned by him and leaves Logan to marry Jody. The first chance she gets
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Jodie's life before
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Hurston depicts jodi as a confident entrepreneur when he meets janey,
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it appears as though he is the type of person to
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walk through life by stepping on the toes of others.
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His childhood is not described in depth like janey's,
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but it is safe to assume he was raised much differently than her
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Throughout the book,
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it becomes more apparent that he marries
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janie more for appearances than anything else.
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He has a thirst for power and thanks of janie as an ideal wife
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together,
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Jody and jane er together for a big part of the story
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they moved to Eatonville, where jodi becomes the mayor,
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They're both envied by the citizens of Eatonville for their wealth and status.
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There are a few instances where Jodie is
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seen to have a domineering nature over janie.
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For example,
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Jody says women specifically wives should not give
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speeches when janie has offered the opportunity.
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He also makes janie tie her hair up when working and later makes her wear a
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head rag to cover her hair because of his jealousy of other men looking at her hair
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throughout the time together,
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they develop a growing resentment towards the other based
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on their growing hostility from their differences in opinion.
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Germany's defeat.
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Throughout their time together, janey becomes increasingly defeated
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despite her previous defiance of tradition and gender roles.
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She goes further into submission to jodi. As time goes on,
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she starts to hate her life and her mundane daily tasks.
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As Jodie grows grows older, he belittles Jamie more and more
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Jodie's life after.
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Although jodi's life path does not physically separate from janie.
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When he is alive,
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he spiritually separates from janie after his death in her presence,
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Janey's
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final defiance causes him to lose his will
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to live among with his actions towards her.
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That diminishes reputation,
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Jane is harsh words and insults towards him and his and
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his following assault on her fully take down his power.
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This scene reveals how vain he truly is,
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only wanting to keep up appearances for both him and janey,
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he expected janie to be an object for him and for her character to remain stagnant
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Jody's death,
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jodi slowly lashes out at JD more and more
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which represents him and losing his will to live
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despite being accused of causing his death.
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Janey gets a doctor for Jody who informs him of his kidney failure.
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In the time leading up to his death,
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Jodi is increasingly cruel to janie. Despite her taking care of him,
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Jodi's funeral is an elaborate affair in which
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Jamie has seemed to be publicly mourning him.
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Jamie's life After,
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After Jody's death, Jamie is privately rejoice fel.
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She is grateful to be set free from Jody's cruelty and move on with her life.
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Despite her newfound freedom,
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Janie does not rush into another relationship with a
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man and instead finds happiness in her new independence.
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She eventually meets tea cake.
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While her relationship with tea cake also ends in his death,
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jane is able to learn many things about herself.
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While they're together.
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She is able to have an equal voice in their relationship
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and she is able to also talk and joke more freely
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despite the ups and downs of their relationship
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was able to satisfy jenny and fulfill
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her romantic desires that were previously unfulfilled
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Jeannie's liberation.
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After Jody's death, Jeannie starts wearing her hair down again,
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which is a sign at the start of her liberation.
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While in a relationship with tea cake,
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she is able to better find her voice and no herself a little bit better.
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After she takes death, she returns to Eatonville,
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where she is able to finally be free and willing to move on.
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She has been able to find satisfaction from her life in the Everglades.
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I
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was able to show Jamie her dreams and in return,
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jenny finds apiece even after he is gone.
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The story ends with janie finally feeling liberated and sure of herself.