Janie

      Janie is a very interesting character and her growth as the story moves along is shown. In the beginning of the story she was lost and was, according to Janie later on in the text, misguided by her grandmother.

     Janie's dream is to love and to be loved, but she didn't find it in Logan. Janie then runs off with Joe hopeful to find that love, but she doesn't find it with Joe. In fact, because of Joe's dominance and controlling personality, she fell even deeper into her loneliness and becomes more confused on who she is as a person and her own dreams.

  

    It is not until after Joe starts to be even more cruel to her than usual that she starts to realize that is not what she wants for herself. Joe is not the same man she tried to find love with. The death of Joe truly liberates her. It gives her the opportunity to be herself and to come to terms with what she wants, what she likes and what her dreams are. It is a time to focus on her own development as a woman and as a person, without anyone instilling their own dreams and beliefs upon her.

     Realizing that her grandmother led her to believe love was not what it really was, she was forming her own beliefs. The process of trying to achieve her dreams and learning more about herself is a sign of true growth.  I admire Janie for speaking out to Joe at last and standing up for herself, that was one of the real signs of her development as a character and by establishing herself as a person with her own beliefs.