During the passage at the bottom of page 32, where Janie is describing her feeling of Joe on her wedding day. The unplanned and unprecedented wedding occur only few days after they met, and Janie is hoping that Joe will be a better match for her than Logan. The fact that she is describing herself and her love as able to "have flower dust and springtime sprinkled over everything" shows her childish optimisim about Joe and her new Husband, which is eventually proven wrong as Joe begins to supress her and treat her like property. She abandons the "apron" of her old life of being a farmer's wife for a "new dress" of her life with the wealthy Joe Starks. During the passage, and passages around it in context, we see that she has met and is running of to marry Joe Starks, leaving her old husband Logan for the rich, seemingly loving Joe. She loves the thought of his love and also likes his wealth and ambission. She sees him as Royalty in his "ruling chair" with his autitude and air. Throughout the passage, the tone of happy exitment holds as the only main tone. The tone is to set even more emphasis on her new love of this man, and her idea of him as a good match for her, even though later in her life he beggins to fail her expectations.
Allan MacDougall and Tyler Jensen
I like how you guys mentioned Joe's ambition to keep Janie around as well as how Joe will be Janie's ruling chair, there to help her.
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