Scene Response 12/6/07

The final moments of Jody's life:

On the last few pages of Chapter Eight are the final moments of Joe's life. After Janie embarrasses him in front of his friends and a few other townspeople, Joe decides to sleep downstairs in their house. He stops eating her cooking. Soon he becomes very sick. At the end of the chapter, Janie visits Joe as he is lying sick in bed. He is not privy to the fact that he may die, but Janie brings the news. He is going to die. He is shocke. Janie confronts him about how he has supressed her in the past in their relationship. He never let her be herself and seemed not to really love her. Janie also attempts to appologize for the way she embarrassed Joe. He cannot take Janies constant reminders of how he was a bad husband, seeing as though he cared for his reputation immensely. Finally, he passes. Janie lays his hands across his chest peacefully, changing them from their outstreched, decrepit form. Janie, too, can finally be at peace. She seems liberated by Joe's passing. Though she misses him, she does not grieve as long as the others do and she is back to her old self once again.