Jody Dead

The context of the quote on page 87 is that she had just had her last conversation with Jody before he died. Jody's kidneys had failed and he died in his house after an intense argument. Janie told Jody that now he had to listen to her on his death-bed and told him about all the injustices that he served her and verbally attacked his life and manhood before he died. Janie is now happy and relieved that Jody is dead and is now free from Jody. This passage is about how Janie is now free from Jody and can let her hair free and look at herself in the mirror. She discovers that she is not ugly as Jody has been telling her and that she is actually a "handsome women" now. This passage is about the death of Jody and her immediate relief and freedom from him. The passage conveys the concept of Janie's liberation and her ascension to womanhood. This passage has a tone of relief and of a horror finally being over. Jody is dead and Janie no longer has to live under his foot. On top of that her fears of growing old and ugly turned out to be false as she was still beautiful in the mirror. This relief is shown by the quote "She tore off the kerchief from her head and let down her plentiful hair" from the passage on page 87 where she is now rejecting Jody's ridiculous rule about covering her hair. This tone shows Janie's new-found freedom and relief from Jody.