Their relationship was about Joe, and what Joe wanted. Soon, Janie runs away with him, and they head to Eatonville. (page 44) What is Joe Stark’s definition of the good life? How does it connect to the image of the horizon? (pages 50-51, 53) What two demands does Joe make upon Janie that keeps her from being herself? After Joe Stark dies Janie … Joe also thought he was superior to Janie. Why does he make them? Janie was accused of "fixing" Joe - poisoning him and making it to where he couldn't have children. Chapter Six What significance does the store porch play in Janie’s life? How does his compare with Nanny’s? She is idolized: What is symbolic about the way Starks paints his house? After scoffing at the idea of Logan making "a dog outa" his wife by forcing her to work behind a plow, Jody tells Janie that a woman of her beauty is meant simply to sit on a front porch and look beautiful. Joe asks Janie to refer to him by a special nickname – Jody. Janie’s assessment of people vs. things says that Janie values her life more than others do. All Janie had wanted to do was reach the horizon, which means meeting the one person who makes her feel like she has reached it. How does Janie feel about her second marriage? Logan and Joe are Janie's first two husbands, and both marriages are unsatisfying, but for different reasons. He painted his house white, which shows that he’s further establishing himself as greater than the other townspeople: 3. Janie does not feel authentic sexual desire for Logan and thus becomes aware that her views about marriage and gender diverge from those of her grandmother. Janie’s marriage to Joe was better than Logan’s but was still really bad. Joe Starks is an admirable person. Love is something that must come naturally without force or thought and Janie sees that she has no such feeling towards Logan. At first Janie accepts her marriage to Joe and withdraws into herself, but as time progresses so does Janie’s desire for freedom. How does Janie feel about her marriage to Joe? Hence Janie runs off with Joe Starks and Logan is never heard of again. One may also ask, where did Janie and Joe get married? Janie runs away with Joe Starks, the city man, and they get married. Joe provided Janie with anything and everything she needed, but not what she wanted. Janie is unable to deny her inherently feminist ways and eventually fights against Joe’s repressiveness. She doesn't love him and thought she would because they were married. Janie learns that a marriage does not always withhold love. Joe tells Janie that he wants to marry her, take her to the city, and make her a proper lady. Janie is basically "married off" to Logan by her grandmother Nanny. After Jody dies, Janie likes “being lonesome for a change.” While she is sorry that Jody suffered in his dying and feels “pity for the first time in years” for the way life “mishandled” him, Janie finally feels free from the oppression her marriage imposed upon her. How does Janie feel about her marriage to Logan Killicks? Joe stays around town for what is presumably longer than he had expected to, and sees Janie each day in secret. 4) How does Janie feel about Jody’s death? What does Janie’s assessment of “people” vs. “things” say about her? Cold, fearful, and lonely: How is Janie treated as the Mayor’s wife?