marriage did not make love
...ove. Right from the beginning, the loneliness in the marriage shows up when Janie sees that his house is a “lonesome place like a stump in the middle of the woods where nobody had ever been” (20). This description of Logan’s house is symbolic of the relationship they have. Janie eventually admits to Nanny that she still does not love Logan and cannot find anything to love about him. “She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman” (24). Janie’s prayer is her final plea for a change in her life. She says “Lawd, you know mah heart. Ah done de best Ah could do. De rest is left to you” (23). Janie’s prayer is answered with her next husband, Jody Starks. He is the man who fills the voids of loneliness and love, and continues her development as a woman. When they first met, Janie was convinced that Jody believed she was a very special person because of the compliments he gave her. For two weeks, before they married, they talked and Janie believed that Jody “spoke for change and chance” (28). The problem Janie had with Jody was that he did not treat her as an equal. He would not let her speak in front of people, teach her to play checkers, or, participate in other events. Janie notices the problem early in the relationship and confronts Jody about it when she says “it jus’ looks lak it keeps us in some way we ain’t natural wid one’nother. You’se always off talking’ and fixin’ things, and Ah feel lak Ah’m jus markin time. Hope it soon gits over” (43). Janie realizes that she cannot be open with Jody and that he i...