| Janie Crawford's life story unfolds from her humble beginnings of being raised by her grandmother to her adulthood with two loveless marriages. Janie's life is full of turmoil because she is not raised by her mother and father which forces her grandmother to raise her and push Janie into a loveless marriage at the age of 17 before Janie has a chance to experience life and love. She runs away with Joe Starks who becomes her second husband and lives with him for 20 years till he passes away.
Her idea of true love in marriage fades away in her marriage to Starks who becomes abusive and completely uninterested in Janie. Janie reinvents herself into an attractive vibrant woman after Joe's death and finally finds live with a man named Tea Cup. Her journey and struggles are presented with vivid language. Her story is more about a discovery of self then love. An excellent entertaining read. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's Romance/Romance Problems Yes Kind of romance: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Lover is Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes Eccentric: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () United States Yes The US: - Deep South Small town? Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of hetero sex - rape/molest Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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