Hurston Outline

Janie's expectations for Logan Killicks: 

"She saw a dust- bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was marriage!" (11)

• This is the beginning of Janie's spiritual and sexual awakening which is full of beauty and fulfillment.
• The bees and flowers symbolize her idealized vision of love.
• Her revelation of her sexuality is naive.

"Husbands and wives always loved each other, and that was what marriage meant. It was just so. Janie felt glad of the thought, for then it wouldn't seem so destructive and moulds. She wouldn't be lonely anymore" (21).

• Through the stories Nannie shares with Janie about the oppressive and violent experiences she faced regarding men, Nannie asserts why it is so crucial for Janie to marry a "good" husband that will support her. 
• Janie expects Logan to respect and value her as a wife.

"Ah could throw ten acres of it over de fence every day and never look back to see where it fell. Ah feel de same way 'bout Mr. Killicks too. Some folks never was meant to be loved and he's one of 'em" (24).

• Janie doesn't love Mr. Killicks and believes he doesn't deserve to be loved because of his lack of attractive physical appearance and hygiene. 
• She desires her idealized, sweet pear tree to satisfy her expectations in a relationship and in marriage.

Janie's expectations for Jody Starks:

"He had always wanted to be a big voice, but de white folks had all de sayso where he come from and everywhere else..." (28)

• Janie meets this young, stylish man from Georgia with grand ambitions. He has come down to Florida to move to a new town being built and run by African Americans.

"Janie pulled back a long time because he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees, but he spoke for far horizon. He spoke for change and chance" (29).

• Janie's hope for love come alive again; she is willing to give up her aspirations of the pear tree for success and stability. 

"It must have been the way Joe spoke out without giving her a chance to say anything one way or another that took the bloom off of things" (43)

• Taylor asks Janie to make a congratulatory speech for Jody, but Jody assumes that she is not capable of making a speech and that she is only useful for working at home.