Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapter 1 Summary

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In the third and fifth chapter of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie is preparing for her wedding to Logan Killicks, knowing she will hopefully love him after the marriage. Two months later, Janie is married to Logan but is still not in love with him, so she visits Nanny for advice. When Janie explains this to Nanny, she yells at her, wondering why she is not happy with Logan’s status and wealth. In the next month, Nanny passes away and Janie still has not fallen in love with Logan. Later on, Janie marries a man named Joe Starks, and they move to a town in Florida called Eatonville. Jody hears the town is small and buys more land and orders a store and post office to be built. While the store is being built, Jody is elected Mayor, gives a speech and tells Janie not to give one because she is not allowed, following this, she is angered, but keeps quiet Along with the store, Jody wants to put in a street lamp and gathers folks from other towns to gather …show more content…
He had a good reputation, was fair and did what was best for the growing town, although some talked bad about him “They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down” (Hurston 68). Now, this could mean two things, Jody is secure in his place of mayor and will be left alone, or someone will try to hurt him or take his power away from him. The townspeople are most likely grateful for what he had done, but some like Hicks, do not enjoy change in his community. I believe this helps improve Hurston’s writing because it shows she can add tension and suspense, which leaves the reader hanging with. This helps her because it will interest the reader more and make them read to find out what happens.. To continue, Janie better watch her back, because some of the men are interested in

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