Joe Starks:

She "took a lot of looks at him and she was proud of what she saw. Kind of portly like rich white folks" (Hurston 32).

This quote is taken from the train ride to Eastonville, in which Janie describes Joe as someone to desire, because of his physical appearance. Because o Joe's large size, this implies that he is a man that has money to feed himself and therefore is well respected. After Joe becomes mayor we can truly see that his physical appearance does have influence towards other people.

Yet...
Joe Starks large size is not permanent, which will degrade his importance and later Janie's attraction.

"the more his back ached and his muscle dissolved into fat and the fat melted off his bones, the more fractious he became with Janie," (Hurston 74)




Then....




Nunkie:

She is a girl that works on the field, which Janie accuses Tea Cake of going around with. When Janie accuses him of this he states:

"What would Ah do wid dat lil chunk of a woman wid you around? She ain't good for nothin exceptin' tuh set up in uh corner by de kitchen stove and break wood over her head. You'se something tuh make uh man forgit to git old and forgit tuh die" (132 Hurston)

This quote implies that Janie is someone that Tea Cake desires, because of her physcial appearance and not Nunkie, because she is a large woman. Tea Cake is also saying that Nunkie is not enough of a woman for him like Janie.




Through these characters we were able to acknowledge that body image was and is a major influence in attraction towards others and is shown throughout the book. Janie is a perfect example of how she lost interest in people after ther lost their physical image.

By Arturo Armendariz

The reason we chose to add these pictures is, because these are famous people in today's media which might resemble the characters we chose to anylize.

Our layout was chosen this way, because we want to give our blog the look of the time in which the book takes place. During the time of the book there were no paved roads, which is why there is a brown background to resemble the dirt roads of that time. The paper in which the words are written on is chosen to be this way, because we want the paper to resemble that of a wanted sign which were frequently posted on streets.


http://www.nndb.com/people/633/000055468/anthony-anderson.jpg
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/photos/beyonce.jpg
http://www.idiotonastick.com/talk/images/starjones.jpg
http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/premiere_photo/20050906/08/2744411671.jpg
http://i.tbs.com/v5cache/TBS/Images/Dynamic/i35/HOP_Curtis_240x260_041120071241.jpg

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. 3. New York , NY: Harper Perennial, 1937.

Margaret Marquis. ""When de notion strikes me": Body image, food, and desire in Their Eyes Were Watching God. " Southern Literary Journal 35.2 (2003): 79. Platinum Periodicals. ProQuest. 4 Dec. 2007