... decided to leave him. Janie's second relationship was a little better than her first one but still had some problems. This relationship was with Joe Starks. Janie called him Jody for short. The two of them met when Joe walked by Logan Killicks house. This relationship is one of control. It started when Jody became mayor of the town of Eatonville. During ... one of Jody's speeches, the crowd asks, "And now we"ll listen tuh uh few words uh encouragement from Mrs. Mayor Starks." (Hurston 43) While the crowd applauded, Jody cut them short and said, "Thank yuh fuh yo" compliments, but mah wi...

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Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author. Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Love plays a very important role in Hurston's "Their Eyes were watching God". Hurston's best novel describes the life of Janie, a black woman at the turn of the century. Janie is raised ... this steady flow of communication, he and Janie are able to talk out and resolve their problems. In conclusion of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie tells Pheoby the whole story. S...

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