Their Eyes Were Watching A Close Reading pg87

This passage is situated in the context where Jody dies, and Janie feels a sudden twang of regret at the sight of his motionless body. "She was full of pity for the first time in years" (87). This sentence shows how Janie feels regretful because even though Jody had been very aggressive, they had been through so much of life together. "Jody had been hard on her and others, but life had mishandled him too" (87). Janie begins to think that maybe Jody was very dominating, but that was because his ambition was very dear, and was a big part of his life. She feels that maybe he was misunderstood, and his life put a large stressful toll on him, making his mean and hard to deal with. The narrator is a third party throughout the passage, and illustrates Janie's emotions from an outside perspective. This entire passage portrays a concept of death and sadness. "Then she starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see, and opened up the window and cried,"Come heah people! Jody is dead. Mah husband is gone from me" (87). This sentence shows a theme: Everything can have something positive come out of it. When Jody dies, Janie finds happiness in the sense that Jody's dominating presence no longer threatens her peace of mind. This passage is very important to further advance the plot and develop Janie's character.