Janie decides to speak back to Jody because she was tired of him making fun of her appearance. She says that he looks like "de change of life" when naked. This hits a really big dent on his ego because firstly she insults him in front of the other men and they laugh. The other reason is because the image that he had built up with the town, the "power" that he made others think he had was all gone because of Janie's words.
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