Janie seemed to be a bud blossoming in the sunshine. She seemed to be nurtured by some magical source, that gave her a good head on her shoulders and a nice body to go with it too. She seemed like she was really going some where. The reason she even decided to marry Joe was because he represented a change for the better. Where she would be an equal to him. All Joe has done so far is take this blossom and deprive it of water and the magical juices that it thrived on. He dragged her into the dirt and made her cover up her beauty so that only he could enojoy it. Her life is bottled up inside of her just waiting to burst.
She was rut in the road. Plenty of life beneath the surface but it was kept beaten down by the wheels. Sometimes she stuck out into the future, imagining her life different from what it was. But mostly she lived between her hat and her heels, with her emotional disturbances like shade patterns in the woods – come and gone with the sun, (76).
Janie needed to be free to be who she was. She was an independent woman and would not settle with being anything less than an equal to her husband. It should be her right to wear her spirit and show it off for all to see. There is nothing wrong with being independent. If you can’t find someone to treat you as an equal, then you are better off alone. Joe was just bringing her down. You can’t live your life being something that you are not, and if you do you are a miserable person. It is like a wild horse who refuses to be tame. If the horse does not want to be used as transportation or a tool, then it will fight to live life independently. Free to roam and enjoy the excitement of life as they please. Even though this horse may not have a home, it is probably one of the happiest horses of all time. It won’t be alone either. Others will look up to the pride and humility that one bears and they will respect you and support you. And if they do not, then they are either just jealous that they can’t be as independent and free as you are or they Have a different spirit about them, that chooses to be tame.
