Jealousy In The Awakening

Later on, after the story continues and she marries Joe, which is also mentioned to give her the idea of the horizon, making her think she would have more chances, turned out to be the opposite because he didn’t treat her properly either. The ambition and the jealousy that he has, is probably the reason why he changes in the story in a really surprising way.
There many times when Janie feels really suppress and with no freedom throughout the story, for many reasons mentioned being hit by Joe or not being allowed to keep her hair down. She was not allowed to speak up when she wanted to. She was not allowed to look how she wanted to, to go where she wanted to or to talk to whoever she wanted to. All this facts are supportive to how her freedom was “taken away” from her when she was married to Joe and what kind of confinement feeling she had accumulated. She feels like she is being held and can’t move freely. Another evidence that support the way how Janie feels about living with Joe is the way she reacts and feels after his death. She doesn’t feel either sadness or grieve. She simply feels free.
(pamela)

Ah jus’ loves dis freedom.’ Sh-sh-sh! Don’t let nobody hear you say dat, Janie. Folks will say you ain’t sorry he’s gone.” I used this quote because it’s obviously saying what I just wrote, she wasn’t sorry for her lost. For her that meant a new opportunity in life to be