Their Eyes Were Watching God- Journal #7

This pastiche will be about Janie's choice to run off with Joe Starks rather than remaining with Logan Killicks. The result of that decision made her happy for a time, and allowed her to meet Tea Cake. It also taught Janie a lesson about Independence, and the importance of her own voice. The reason Janie chooses to leave Logan is because Logan fails in two areas. He fails at showing her how much he cares for her, and also Janie does not and will not love Logan. This shows that Janie is someone who not only needs love, but needs to know what it means and feels like to love someone.


Janie returned to the kitchen and continued making hot cakes. She called out to Logan, "Ah git yuh breekfest reedy!" Janie's thoughts wander to Joe waiting there at the end of the road, and she has half an idea to go after him. She thinks of Nanny and that keeps her body where it is, even though her heart is running far away from her husband. Logan enters the room, and with a apologetic expression says, " Dis look mighty fine, Janie, mighty fine indeed," he continues with, "Janie, sometimes yuh git me so rile' up. But Ah cares fur yuh. Yuh know dat, right? Ah'd be los' widout ya." After Logan says this, Janie is rather aghast. She had no idea that was how he really thought of her. She says,"Thank yuh, suh. Dat is very kind of yuh." While the couple sit down for a breakfast, Janie's heart remains down the lane with Mr. Joe Sparks, but her common sense keeps her where she is at. Janie now knows what it means to be a little heartbroken.