Their Eyes Were Watching God 8-10
“Uh woman by herself is uh pitiful thing. Dey needs aid and assistance. God never meant ‘em tuh try tuh stand by theirselves. You ain’t been used tuh knockin’ round and doin’ fuh yo’self, Mis’ Starks. You been well taken keer of, you needs uh man.”
This quote, to me kind of summarizes Janie’s main conflict with society and her past marriges. Logan and Jody kept on trying to put the idea of male dominance in her head, but the reason why their marriges failed was that Janie was too strong and these men couldn’t handle her. Here, after Jody’s death, there are a bunch of men telling Janie that she needs a man in her life or else she can’t support herself. Janie is pretty much an independent woman and based on what happened in the book with her previous marrige, she can pretty much survive on her own. I think that the main conflict with Janie and society is that society is basically trying to put her in “her place” as a woman but shey defys this by being strong willed and independent.
