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Janie, a girl who doesn’t know who she is or what more there is about life.Throughout the early parts of the book, Janie portrayed a much more subdued and tentative personality. Her life consisted of daydreaming and standing aside as she watched life happen. Even in situations of a voice in need, she would remain silent and let others say what they had to say. Her thoughts and beliefs were never shared because she hadn’t quite built up the courage to speak up. As the book goes on and her life unfolds, she gradually gains more in the way of independence and she begins to play a role in her own life and in the life of others. As Walt Whitman mentions in his poem, O Me! O life!, “...the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.” This was her moment to show the world who she was, and what her voice had to offer.

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There was a finished silence after that so that for the first time they could hear the wind picking a the pine trees" (Chapter 19).

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"'Dis sittin' in de rulin' chair is been hard on Jody,' she muttered out loud. She was full of pity for the first time in years" (Chapter 8).

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"But all day long the romping and playing they carried on behind the boss's back made her popular right away" (Chapter 14).

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"'Ah know it. And now you got tuh die tuh find out dat you got tuh pacify somebody besides yo'self if you wants any love and any sympathy in dis world. You ain't tried tuh pacify nobody but yo'self. Too busy listening tuh yo' own big voice'" (Chapter 8

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"She had learned how to talk some and leave some. She was a rut in the road. Plenty of life beneath the surface but it was kept beaten down by the wheels" (Chapter 7).

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Rural America

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Florida, Hurricane Irene

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Florida 1920's

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Under the trees