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Zora Neale Hurston Character Analysis

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Jody was Janie’s second Husband. Janie and Jody meet as Jody first arrives to Eatonville, he stop at the store she works at and caught a glimpse of her pumping gas. Janie’s best feature was her long silky black hair which Mr. Straks instantly found attractive. Though Janie was already married she continued on pumping gas and flirting with Mr.Straks. Shortly after Jody’s arrival, he became a well know man throughout the town due to his need for power. Before moving to Eatonville Joe Starks was a African American slave living in Georgia. Jody never really had a sense of power because of him being a black male living in a slave state. Spotting the very young and attractive Mrs. Janie Crawford, Jody see a chance to gain a sense of power
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