Journal #1

From reading chapters one and two, I perceive that Janie is a woman who never really had a childhood and feels bad for herself. She seems like a level-headed person who has never really experienced life. When she was young, her grandmother, Nanny, insisted she get married to a man she didn't love. I believe she may of made some bad decisions because of that forced marriage and therefore is being judged by those around her. She seems to have a good friendship with Pheoby, but the people around her seem to be very judgmental of her and her relationship with "Tea cake". Janie seems as if she is not the most mature woman but she is trying to get her life back on track by moving back to where she used to live. She had a hard childhood so i'm guessing that she may have gotten a little rebellious, like any teenager and that is why these people are judging her. I perceive the narrater as a older lady who is speaking as "he/she" not "I" and who is relaxed as if she telling this story about people she once knew. She also speaks as if she might come into the story later.