Nobody

Kashay Taylor Dec. 10, 2010

Period 6 English II

In chapter 5, I like the way that throughout the whole chapter they were having many conversations. I noticed that Joe was trying to run or rule the town. What I have gotten from this is that like now-a-day’s men were always trying to rule over something or someone, even back when. Another thing about men is that they have such a strong ego and they believe that they could have any woman that they want. Like in the beginning of chapter 5, Hicks was basically talking about how he wanted Janie and it takes money to feed women like her. He also said that she is was a good thing that Joe married her before she seen himself.

I relate to Janie when she went to Hicks’s house and Coker was asking her about it. I relate to this problem because, I met this lady that I have known for some time now and she is in a relationship like Janie. Her husband would first treat her in the most marvelous way. Then later on in the marriage he would start changing on her, like he would start calling her out of her name, raising his hand up at her (but never hit her), yelling, screaming, and all types of things that a husband shouldn’t start treating his wife like; And Janie is in the same predicament, but instead of her staying there and getting her heart hurt by him she went out and kind of slept with another man. Just like the woman that I know.

I think that Janie was like some sort of maid. Joe had her doing this and doing that, like he doesn’t run her. This goes back to when I said that men believe that they could just run us women. He had her running the committee and then dipping the lemonade. It’s like she still is a slave; but instead of someone having her as property they have her for free. She also don’t work on a field for Joe, she is just doing his little house work. It’s like she is a indoor slave.

At the end of chapter 5 it said that, “The town had a basketful of feelings good and bad about Joe’s...