Their Eyes Were Watching God- Joe

Joe was the second husband of Janie. Jodi was an African American. He was one of the main characters for most of the book. He was a very opinionated, confident, and independent man. Joe was also a man that wanted to be very successful in life, and he would do anything to get there. He met Janie while she was married to her first husband, Logan. He was very sweet and Janie did not really like Logan, so she was ready to move on to a new man. They ended up falling in love, and later on getting married. Then Joe moved with Janie away from her home town to a new town called Edinburg. Joe always had the idea that he was g0ing to start up a new and strong town for the African Americans. That was his whole goal in life it seemed like while reading this book. He really liked Eatonville, and after talking to some of the people that lived there, he decided that that was the place he wanted to start a new town. He became the mayor and was always very confident and opinionated. He always thought he was right all of the time. He wanted things to go his way or no way at all. Joe in the beginning was also a very good husband, but as the book went on, it kind of went down hill. He started getting mean, and always trying to boss Janie around like she was his slave almost. He always made her work in his store. Joe also never allowed Janie to be any part of the conversations with the people that would hang out outside of the store. If Janie were to get involved, he would then yell at her later. Janie did not really like the way he treated her. He was very strong with his opinions, and that was definately one of them. Joe did not even care about his marriage, all he cared about was his duties as the mayor. Janie was always really sad, and at the end of their marriage they barely were even together. Joe was not very old when he died, leaving Janie a widow.