"Gointer Love Him"

  As the novel progresses we start to learn more about Janie. We see her go from man to man, searching for certain attributes to fulfill her wants and needs. Janie no longer desires to be with  Logan, she didn't really love him. She told Nanny, "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 23) Janie was not really sure if she was capable of loving Logan. She meets "Jody" Starks, who she sees as better looking, with more money and bigger ambitions. He filled more of Janie's expectations in a man, compared to Logan. She described Logan as having toe nails that "look lak mule foots." Janie searched for who she could connect with more easily, and it was Jody now. "Janie pulled back a long time because he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees", but "He spoke for far horizon. He spoke for change and chance."(Hurston 29) She wasn't sure how it would feel to deal with him regularly but she saw the "change" in the "chance" she would take with him. 

  Jody is a symbol of "power" because he tends to show the authoritative side of him. Janie seems to like Jody's "powerful" ways. She hopes it will give her a better life than the one she had with Logan. Jody ends up creating a different woman out of Janie. He becomes mayor and turns Janie into a woman with such a lavish lifestyle. He shows his controlling side when he doesn't let her give a speech. Even the townspeople noticed how Janie had changed around Jody. They notice her long hair pinned up and figured "maybe he make her do it."(Hurston 50) 

 When I think of Janie's situation I think of the movie "The Perfect Guy" because the movie is based on a woman who leaves her current relationship for one she thought would be better for her, but ends up being something that isn't necessarily for her...