Characterizing Personalities in Their Eyes by Michael Murphy https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz What traits do these characters exhibit? en-us 2017-09-18 13:13:37 UTC 2025-10-02 11:11:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Dominant 1880318 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188479167 Joe Starks can be represented as dominant because he always wanted Janie to do the things that HE wanted her to do. Janie had to do hard work like working on the farm and wear farm clothes. Also, after he had the towns meeting , he made her stop talking to the people and her friends in the town. He also made her wrap up her hair. In chapter 6 , Janie wanted to talk about the mules but Joe said , "You'se Mrs. Mayor Starks, Janie...puny humans playin'  round de toes uh Time." (Hurston 95.) This shows that he was trying to take control over Janie and her life. ]]> 2017-09-18 14:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188479167 1880305 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188479687 Pheoby is a very kind hearted person who looks out for her friend when ever she can.]]> 2017-09-18 14:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188479687 Faithful 1880622 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188480035 "Maybe us don't know into thing lak you do, but we all know how she went way from here and us sho seen her come back. 'Tain't no use in your tryin' to cloak no ole woman lak Janie Starks, Phoeby, friend or no friend"

This shows her faithfulness and loyalty because she stuck up for her best friend when she wasn't around. When people were to talk about her she always spoke up as if they were talking about her.]]> 2017-09-18 14:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188480035 Concerned 1880503 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188480448
You and Logan been fussin’? Lawd, Ah know dat grassgut, liver-lipted nigger ain’t done took and beat mah baby already! Ah’ll take a stick and salivate ’im!” (Hurston, 27)

Janie, how long you been ’lowin’ Johnny Taylor to kiss you?”
“Only dis one time, Nanny. Ah don’t love him at all. Whut made me do it is—oh, Ah don’t know.”
“Thank yuh, Massa Jesus.” (Hurston, 18)




]]> 2017-09-18 14:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188480448 Loyal 1880240 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188480584 Phoeby Watson is a loyal person because she's able to keep Janie's secrets, which is her best friend. She is Janie's' confidant. 

[Phoeby about Janie] "Still and all she's her own woman. She oughta know by now whut she wants tuh do."

This is showing her loyalty because she's keeping it real and honest with her best-friend for recognizing the intelligent woman that she is.]]> 2017-09-18 14:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188480584 Simple Minded 1880261 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188481387 "They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down"]]> 2017-09-18 14:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188481387 Controlling 1880503 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188482150 "Ah wants to see you married right away" (Hurston, 15)

“’Cause you told me Ah mus gointer love him, and, and Ah don’t. Maybe if somebody was to tell me how, Ah could do it.”(Hurston, 27)]]> 2017-09-18 14:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188482150 Kind 1880209 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188482727 “Brother Logan Killicks. He’s a good man, too.” (Hurston, 16)

]]> 2017-09-18 14:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188482727 Nice/Uplifting 1880240 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188483750 Phoeby is nice & uplifting because of how she compliments her best friend.

[Phoeby] "Gal, You sho look good. You looks like youse yo' own daughter." 

This clearly shows how phoeby likes to compliment her best-friend  and is very nice to her by uplifting her.]]> 2017-09-18 14:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188483750 Selfish 1880503 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188484864 “’Tain’t no use in you cryin’, Janie. Grandma done been long uh few roads herself. But folks is meant to cry ’bout somethin’ or other."(Hurston, 29)

"No tellin’ whut mout happen befo’ you die. Wait awhile, baby. Yo’ mind will change.”(Hurston, 29).]]> 2017-09-18 14:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188484864 Devoted 1880318 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188485008 Devoted was another way to describe Joe Starks. He was always about his money and keeping his store in tact. In chapter 5 , Joe had bought Janie the best things the butcher had. The author said , "Mostly he talked about plans for the town...kind of portly like rich white folks..." (Hurston 72). This portrays that Joe was a kind of rich man who had ambition. ]]> 2017-09-18 14:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188485008 Great listener. 1880240 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188486408 Phoeby is the good listener to her best friend about the messy drama that goes on, plus more.

"Phoeby Watson is Janie's best friend and confidant. She sits on the porch of the store or her own home and listens to the gossipy busybodies meddling in Janie's life."

That quote directly tells you how and in what way that Phoeby is a great listener.]]> 2017-09-18 14:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188486408 Loving 1880209 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188487636 “Aw you know Ah’m gwine chop de wood fuh yuh. Even if you is stingy as you can be wid me. Yo’ Grandma and me myself done spoilt yuh now, and Ah reckon Ah have tuh keep on wid it.”

]]> 2017-09-18 14:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188487636 Abusive 1880318 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188488050 Janie had left Logan for Joe because she thought she would have a better life. It turns out that Joe was just as abusive and controlling as her first husband was. The author states , "One day, after seven years after they met, Jody slaps her after a disastrous dinner." (Hurston 98). This shows that Joe was always abusive and Janie kind of had bad luck with her. choice of husbands. Joe was more of a bad person than he was a good person. ]]> 2017-09-18 14:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188488050 Demanding 1880209 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188488540 “You ain’t got no particular place. It’s wherever Ah need yuh. Git uh move on yuh, and dat quick.”

]]> 2017-09-18 14:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188488540 Pheoby is a concern or worried for her friends 1880447 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188488728 After Janine return she imidently went to comfort and consult her of her worries. ]]> 2017-09-18 14:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188488728 1880442 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188489294 He's old and ugly—in sharp contrast to Janie’s youthful beauty. Janie resents him for his asymmetrical face and for lacking the etiquette to wash his feet before coming to bed]]> 2017-09-18 14:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188489294 5 sentences about Phoeby 1880240 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188489297 Phoeby ]]> 2017-09-18 14:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188489297 1880442 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188489743 If Janie represents beauty, Logan represents everything ugly there is]]> 2017-09-18 14:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188489743 Logan seems to have the idea that marriage means dominating a woman and that women are objects for men to put to us 1880442 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188491464 2017-09-18 14:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188491464 1880442 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188491551 Logan seems to have the idea that marriage means dominating a woman and that women are objects for men to put to us]]> 2017-09-18 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188491551 Nosey 1880261 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188493551 "Whut make her keep her head tied up lak some ole 'oman round de store?.... Maybe he make her do it. Maybe he skeered some de rest of us mens might touch it round dat store]]> 2017-09-18 14:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188493551 1880209 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188901264 2017-09-19 14:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188901264 Humble 1880534 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188904688 2017-09-19 14:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188904688 Pheoby Watson 1880622 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188905114 2017-09-19 14:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188905114 1880318 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188906501 2017-09-19 14:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188906501 1880503 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188907447 2017-09-19 14:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188907447 Hopeful https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188907653 2017-09-19 14:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188907653 Confused https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188909523 She ends up handing herself over to Joe Starks, a man she thinks she loves. She's blinded to his faults by her own visions of pear blossoms and bees and by his entrepreneurial charisma. Ultimately, Joe values ambition and material wealth more than he values Janie, and he sees her as an accessory rather than as an equa]]> 2017-09-19 14:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188909523 Optimistic 1880320 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188910550 Janie was able to stay strong through all she went through with going through a marriage so young and then losing her husband. But she was still able to remain positive.]]> 2017-09-19 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188910550 Explanation 1880503 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188911335 Nanny plays a very important part in Janie's life . Nanny could be hard on Janie at times ,but for the most part she just wants her to have the best in life . Sometimes nanny puts her own wishes before she thinks about how Janie feels about her own life . Nanny is mainly just a concerned character in the story that just wants to make sure that her granddaughter is taking care of before she dies]]> 2017-09-19 14:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188911335 Lovestruct https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188911527 "Janie awoke next morning by feeling Tea Cake almost kissing her breath away. Holding her and caressing her as if he feared she might escape his grasp and fly away. She could feel him and almost see him bucking around the room in the upper air. After a long time of passive happiness, she got up and opened the window and let Tea Cake leap forth and mount to the sky on a wind. That was the beginning of things." (11.81-82)]]> 2017-09-19 14:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188911527 Unbothered 1880534 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188912743 2017-09-19 14:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188912743 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188913519 2017-09-19 14:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188913519 Malicious 1880434 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188914611 2017-09-19 14:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188914611 1880261 https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188915702 2017-09-19 14:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mrmurphy4/7slwgppr4fdz/wish/188915702