Read the excerpt below and answer the question. “Thank yuhfuhyo’ compliments, but mah wife don’t know nothin’ ’bout no speech-ma
kin’. Ah never married her for nothin’ lak dat. She’s uh woman and her place is in de home.”Janie made her face laugh after a short pause, but it wasn’t too easy. She had never thought of making a speech, and didn’t know if she cared to make one at all. 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. But anyway, shewent down the road behind him that night feeling cold. He strode along invested with his new dignity, thought and planned out loud, unconscious of her thoughts. What is the significance of this excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God? Select all that apply. Janie smothers her anger with silence. Jody exerts his masculine power over Janie. Janie expresses her identity in a subtle way. Jody defends Janie in front of the townspeople.
In these lines, we can see that Jody does not believe that his wife Janie is capable of doing things that require intellectual thinking. He believes that a woman is meant to be at home, doing domestic things, and that she has no business in public life. Therefore, he finds the idea of Janie giving a speech ridiculous. In this way, Jody exerts his masculine power over Janie, as he is the person in the relationship that has the most power. Janie, on the other hand, knows that she is unhappy with the decision. She is not sure she wants to give a speech, but does not like the fact that she is not allowed to consider it. However, Janie ends up smothering her anger with silence.
Although the narrator does not explicitly state that Patrick has announced that he is leaving Mary, his pregnant wife, the words "of course, I'll give you money and see that you're taken care of" make clear his intention. He comments that it would make trouble for him in his job as a policeman if he abandons her.
