Janie Chapter 9

In this chapter Janie talks about how her grandmother had made things seem smaller than they were. She made Janie marry someone she didn’t know and just forced her into one direction. Janie was very limited by her options. Then it goes to talk about how man had created God and their parts were cut up and covered in mud. Janie can relate to this because she is covered in mud and she is smothered and not able to show her true self to anyone. Her grandmother smothered her and sent her into a direction, marriage to a man she didn’t know or love, and Jody smothered her by not allowing her to have any say in anything. Jody treated her poorly and like she was property, he covered her up and wouldn’t let her do anything that he didn’t think she should have to talk really ever. Janie is a strong spoken person and she wants to be seen but Jody makes sure that that never happens.