Chapters 1-2

In the opening of this book Janie is returning home from wherever her mysterious journey took her and she crosses a group of townspeople. These towns people do not react normally with yippee smiley faces and say, "good day". No they in fact start to judge her because they know that her late husband left her large sums of money and they just start to judge her on what she might have done with that money. There is only one woman that stands up for her named Phoebe who she tells about her past. She tells Pheobe about her past growing up and not connecting with her black neighbors as well as her white owners. This is paradoxical and contrasting to her interaction with the townspeople. Overall i thought the first two chapters were interesting and look forward to reading the rest of the book.