Their Eyes Were Watching God Close Reading

This passage is right after Jody dies. In this passage Janie is putting herself together to show her sadness of Jody's death while she is actually relieved that she can now do what she wants. When Jody was alive, Janie would always obey him and remain silent despite her discontent with Jody. When she was putting on makeup, she knew that it would be the last time she did something for another person. Janie also realizes that even without Jody in her life, she still has a lot of beauty. She thinks that Jody was holding her back from being a grown up and beautiful woman. She knew that she was finally free. The symbol for this is her letting down her hair. There are two speakers in this passage, the narrator and Janie. The way that the narrator is speaking makes her reliable because she is not bias in what she is saying. Janie is the other speaker in this passage. Even though Janie is announcing that her husband is dead, she says it with a very upbeat attitude. One of the questions that the narrator is asking is if Janie should stay independent or she should try and meet someone new.