Janie's Voice

Why is it that in this last chapter Janie is not doing her own talking? In this chapter during Janie’s statements are said from the third person not told as a story by Janie as the rest of the novel has been. This is peculiar because it shows that Janie has told her whole story and has lived all that she wants to live. She has gone through her experiences to find the man that gives her the love that she wants. The pear tree love that is so forbidden at the beginning of the novel is found by Janie and now she has no more story to tell. Because Tea Cake has been able to give her the love that she wants and deserves she is able to finish her story telling and thus the author has to finish what she says.