Dec 10 2008
Their Eyes Were Watching God: 6 & 7
Throughout the book women are constantly depicted as people who are only good for cooking and taking care of the children. The time period of this novel can definitely be felt because of the way the comments made by the characters. For example, on page 71 Joe is talking to Janie and he makes some strong remarks: “Dat’s ’cause you need tellin’. It would be pitiful if Ah didn’t. Somebody got to think for women and chillun and chickens and cows. I god, they sho don’t think none theirselves.” He then goes on to say that women don’t know anything, they just think that they do but they really have no idea how to understand anything. The fact that he is saying this to his wife is so ridiculous, and it sounds especially wrong to me since I have grown up in a society where women are being more and more respected each year. Joe could not be anymore degrading if he tried. He actually compares women to chickens and cows, but Janie has definitely proved that she is much smarter than that. However Joe seems too ignorant to realize this. I hope that Janie makes attempts in the future to either prove him wrong or leave him, because clearly he is not respecting her needs.
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