Joe "Jody" Starks respects Janie emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually.

What is revealed in the following conversation between Joe "Jody" Starks and Janie?

-‘Yeah, Ah’m nearly forty and you’se already fifty. How come you can’t talk about dat sometimes instead of always pointin’ at me?’

‘T’ain’t no use in getting’ all mad, Janie, ‘cause Ah mention you ain’t no young gal no mo’. Nobody in heah ain’t lookin for no wife outa yuh. Old as you is.

‘Naw, Ah ain’t no young gal no mo’ but den Ah ain’t no old woman neither. Ah reckon Ah looks mah age too. But Ah’m uh woman eery inch of me, and Ah know it. Dat’s uh whole lot more’n you kin say. You big-bellies round here and put out a lot of brag, but ‘tain’t nothin’ to it but yo’ big voice. Humph! Talkin’ ‘bout me lookin’ old! When you pull down yo’ britches, you look lak de change uh life.’

How did Janie feel about Joe making fun or her age and looks?

‘Yeah, Ah’m nearly forty and you’se already fifty. How come you can’t talk about dat sometimes instead of always pointin’ at me?’

‘T’ain’t no use in getting’ all mad, Janie, ‘cause Ah mention you ain’t no young gal no mo’. Nobody in heah ain’t lookin for no wife outa yuh. Old as you is.

‘Naw, Ah ain’t no young gal no mo’ but den Ah ain’t no old woman neither. Ah reckon Ah looks mah age too. But Ah’m uh woman eery inch of me, and Ah know it. Dat’s uh whole lot more’n you kin say. You big-bellies round here and put out a lot of brag, but ‘tain’t nothin’ to it but yo’ big voice. Humph! Talkin’ ‘bout me lookin’ old! When you pull down yo’ britches, you look lak de change uh life.’

What does Joe feel like he has lost in the following passage?

-Then Joe Starks realized all the meanings and his vanity bled like a flood. Janie had robbed him of his illusion of irresistible maleness that all men cherish, which is terrible. The thing that Saul’s daughter had done to David. But Janie had done worse, she had cast down his empty armor before men and they had laughed, would keep laughing" (Hurston 75).

What was Joe's response to Janie after the infamous conversation in Chapter 7?

Why did Joe begin to berate Janie about her age?

Who is being described in the following passage?

"Then too she noticed how baggy he was getting all over. Like bags hanging from an ironing board. A little sack hung from the corners of his eyes and rested on his cheek-bones; a loose filled bag of feathers hung from his ears and rested on his neck beneath his chin A sack of flabby something hung from his loins and rested on his thighs when he sat down" (Hurston 77).

How long were Janie and Joe married?

Despite their differences Joe still allowed Janie to take care of him when he was sick

Whom did Janie allow to get a doctor to help Joe? -And what was the doctor's response?

Within the time that Janie and Joe were married did they seem to have a connection? Did they really KNOW each other?

What was Janie's response to Joe's death?

According the town of Eatonville, Janie did not wait long to get over the death of her husband Joe "Jody" Starks.