Their Eyes- Chapers 8-10
” You changes everything but nothin’ don’t change you- not even death” (86).
Janie says this to Jody when he’s on his deathbed. First she can’t even enter the room but forces herself to, and is just in time too. Jody ends up dying and she’s upset. We see at the funeral Janie is thinking about how Jody is really gone and the narration sentences even turn to one word to show how upset she actually is. She seems to feel free and even literally lets her hair down and burns the bandannas with great feeling, but shows the world that she is still mourning, even if she isn’t inside anymore. I’m not sure if Janie really is or isn’t upset, but I would say that her moving onshows that at least after more than 6 months she is completely over it.
Janie then decides it’s not worth pretending to be sad anymore and should be free so when a man comes into the store because he went to the wrong place for the game that everyone is at, she begins flirting with him. Tea Cake sticks around all day then even helps her close and walks Janie home.
I found an interesting blog with links to others about Their Eyes Were Watching God here.
