The names in Their Eyes Were Watching God has great importance to the storyline.
Logan Killicks, Janie's first husband, threatened to kill her. Pg. 31 "Ah'll take holt uh dat ax and come in dere and kill yuh!" That threat ultimately kills their marriage.
Jody Starks, the next man to show up in Janies life comes strolling down the street nicely dressed in clothes with silk. He walked with a stride as if he knew where he was heading. He was from Georgy(ia). He wanted to go to the place he heard was made out of only black folks. Him and Janie sat under a tree and talked, a sign that could be good - her dreams could be coming true. He wanted to make a wife out of her, not a dog.
Pg. 32. "With him on it, it sat like some high, ruling chair. From now on until death she was going to have flower dust and springtime sprinkled over everything. A bee for her bloom. Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them." We see that Janie wants to start over, and the 'flower dust and springtime' is a sign of her inocence that she still has when it comes to love. Joe seems to only wants to love her, exactly what she wants. However, his name Starks has a not so great definition. Stark: unpleasantly or sharply clear; impossible to avoid. He knows what he wants.
Nice entry. Very good justifications of what these names mean in relation to the characters' roles in the novel. Character names could be useful on an AP question.
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