Conflict is what runs a story, and one instance in particular is Janie’s insecurities with regards to her marriage. In both marriages, Janie has been unhappy and dissatisfied. In her first marriage with Logan Killicks, there was a lack of love, not to mention the fact that she was told what to do and she was unable to do the things she wanted. When she got involved with Joe Starks in her second marriage, she had no clue that he was going to leave her with short of independence and satisfaction. She was trapped and subdued by her husband, unable to speak up or say what’s on her mind. Both marriages caused Janie to feel this way, and the internal conflict of self-fulfillment arose from it.
Janie struggles with these new feelings of confinement and she doesn’t know what to do with herself. There are many possibilities for her, such as she could leave Joe. Then, she would promise herself that she will not marry unless she truly knows the person for some time, because she jumped into her marriage with Joe. Then she should also make the decision to not marry and be tied down until she is self-fulfilled. Before she finds love and settles down, she must achieve her personal dreams and goals, or else she won’t ever feel like a whole person.
Janie is struggling with the internal conflict of whether marrying Joe was a good idea and if she feels happy, “Janie made her face laugh after a short pause, but it wasn’t too easy. She had never thought of making a speech, and didn’t know if she cared to make one at all. It must have been the way Joe spoke out without giving her a chance to say anything one way or another that took the bloom off things. But anyway, she went down the road behind him that night feeling cold. He strode along invested with his new dignity, thought and planned out loud, unconscious of her thoughts” (Hurston, 43).
Janie is being suppressed by Joe, and she recognizes that fact, but doesn’t know how to deal with it. She thought this marriage was right for her, but in chapter six she begins to have qualms. She doesn’t feel self-fulfilled, independent, or goal-driven. She is being forced, just like in her previous marriage, and she begins to abominate Joe after about twenty years of supression. She is always looking for adventure, but she continues choosing the wrong one. She cannot discover who she is when she is being forced to be quiet, reserved, and when your wants and needs are pushed out of the way. She isn’t able to do the things she wants to do and Joe orders her around. She cannot possibly concentrate on her dreams and be sedulous with her goals when there is someone else in the picture to worry and think about and to care for. She went into this marriage to fast and early, and she thought it was her calling, but she was wrong. Janie thought marriage and love was what she wanted and what she was supposed to do, but it was the wrong road to take, but possibly, this road will lead her to a path that will then bring her to success and self-fulfillment.
Janie struggles with these new feelings of confinement and she doesn’t know what to do with herself. There are many possibilities for her, such as she could leave Joe. Then, she would promise herself that she will not marry unless she truly knows the person for some time, because she jumped into her marriage with Joe. Then she should also make the decision to not marry and be tied down until she is self-fulfilled. Before she finds love and settles down, she must achieve her personal dreams and goals, or else she won’t ever feel like a whole person.
Janie is struggling with the internal conflict of whether marrying Joe was a good idea and if she feels happy, “Janie made her face laugh after a short pause, but it wasn’t too easy. She had never thought of making a speech, and didn’t know if she cared to make one at all. It must have been the way Joe spoke out without giving her a chance to say anything one way or another that took the bloom off things. But anyway, she went down the road behind him that night feeling cold. He strode along invested with his new dignity, thought and planned out loud, unconscious of her thoughts” (Hurston, 43).
Janie is being suppressed by Joe, and she recognizes that fact, but doesn’t know how to deal with it. She thought this marriage was right for her, but in chapter six she begins to have qualms. She doesn’t feel self-fulfilled, independent, or goal-driven. She is being forced, just like in her previous marriage, and she begins to abominate Joe after about twenty years of supression. She is always looking for adventure, but she continues choosing the wrong one. She cannot discover who she is when she is being forced to be quiet, reserved, and when your wants and needs are pushed out of the way. She isn’t able to do the things she wants to do and Joe orders her around. She cannot possibly concentrate on her dreams and be sedulous with her goals when there is someone else in the picture to worry and think about and to care for. She went into this marriage to fast and early, and she thought it was her calling, but she was wrong. Janie thought marriage and love was what she wanted and what she was supposed to do, but it was the wrong road to take, but possibly, this road will lead her to a path that will then bring her to success and self-fulfillment.
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