Their Eyes Were Watching God

What happened be the following Excerpt 5. “She began to cry. Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think”

the events before and after the excerpt

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This quote relates to Janie's feeling as Joe isolates her more and more throughout the chapter. She wanted to be loved.... not owned.... not silently submissive. She wanted a happy marriage, a partnership, and that was not what Joe had given her.

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Their Eyes Were Watching God