Although the novel does not go into deep detail about the "first" man in Janie's life, her life began with disaster through her father. His name is not given but it is noted that he was a white man (the school teacher) who raped her mother, Leafy. Ergo, Janie was raised by her grandmother (Nanny) with no real man in her life as she grew up. However her grandmother tried to raise her to "get a good husband".

The second man in Janie's life was really the first physical encounter, though there was no major interaction between the two. Johnny Taylor was a young neighborhood man that "steals" a kiss from young Janie. As she enjoys the kiss and is just about to develop an initial opinion about men, Nanny wa

Janie's life was rounded and given more of a dynamic nature due to her men. She was a woman, similar to the author, that was very self-assured and wanted what was best for her life. She also looked to "take care" of her men since she didn't have any children. Janie and her men definitely presented a great challenge for readers to discover.

The second husband in her trilogy of love, was the vivacious Joe Starks. Joe seemed to be everything that Janie wanted in a husband. She was finally able to make her trek from the country back to the city life that she so longed to pursue. When Joe arrives in the new nameless town that he and his new bride will inhabit and eventually plans to establish, he decides to leave his permanent mark on this community. The town exists of about only 50 acres of land, which Joe feels is not enough land for a town, so he manages to acquire an additional 200 acres of land. With Joe's ascendance into the leadership as mayor of the town and his apparent fascination with the acquisition of possessions he neglects the feelings of his wife. He eventually becomes the Mayor of Eatonville and the owner of the crossroads store. Although her marriage to Joe Starks, is the longest time that Janie remains married she is miserable because like the other things in Joe Starks life, she is merely a posses

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)