Stephen Slinger Biography

Keirsey (1998) states that, “Artisans live and act in the present.” (p. 49) Being gifted with the artisan personality trait means you are bold, spontaneous, and as the cliché says “the life of the party”. Artisans become fully engrossed in the arts, whether it deals with drama, music, athletics or working with their hands.

Therefore, both Joe and Janie are looked up to by the townspeople. To some extent, this could be considered a form of equality. Unfortunately, this is about where the equality stops. While Joe gains prominence through his own actions and words, Janie gains some prominence by doing what she is told to do. She is not permitted to voice her own opinions or join in the lighthearted gossiping which occurs outside of their store. Janie is expected to be the dutiful wife. If she makes a mistake, then she should have known better and therefore should accept her punishment quietly. Joe holds the obvious upper hand in the relationship until his death whereupon Janie inherits a large amount of money and learns to enjoy the freedom of living as her own person.

Logan Killicks is a hard working man. So when Janie gets to his house she is immediately put to work. She does not like being told what

When entering the main dining room, whether by design or by custom, there is a definite pecking order involved in the seating arrangements.  The first table on the left, presided over by an elderly gentleman with Basset Hound eyes, belongs to the old men of the town.  The table sits in front of one of two large windows; the old men can see and are able to comment on the "doins of them young 'uns running the town these days."  It is amusing to discover that the average age of the people under discussion is at least fifty and they took over their businesses from the same old men looking over them now.

The more I observe, the more I understand who I am. I come from a small town in a very cold part of the world, where very few exciting events occur. This means, I have to work extra hard to become an artist. I remember having my neighbor say, “You aren’t an artist until I buy a painting from you,” and she did. I never wanted the money, but I did enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that what I create makes others happy. So many people in town encourage me and support me with my dreams, and all I do in return is help them back in return. When people need a little sunshine on gray, winter days, I am there to lend them my happiness. That is why I am able to succeed. When failure strikes his wrath upon me, I learn from the mistakes rather be held back –being optimistic allows me to grow much quicker than if I were to be

Throughout her marriages Janie has grown and become a mature woman. When she married Logan Killicks she was a young girl with no idea of the harsh world. She learned that she does not want to be with Logan. “Ah wants to want him sometimes” (Hurston; 3, 26). He does not treat her like wife should be treated, he treats her like a worker. She realizes that this horrible marriage to Logan is not what she dreamed about under the pear tree. When Janie meets Joe Starks he speaks to her in rhymes and promises her the world. Her dreams of a beautiful marriage are alive once again. Joe and Janie move to Eatonville, Florida, an all-black town where Joe becomes mayor. As time progresses and Joe gains more power and respect Janie feels lonely. Joe is so focused with his position that he unknowingly pushes Janie into loneliness and sadness. Joe had taken all the fun and life

The younger waiter believes he has “no regard for those who have to work.” On the contrary the older waiter also doesn’t belong to a family and attempts to explain “he stays up because he likes it” “it’s clean and well lighted” the light acting as a metaphorical parallel to the comfort the café offers in his otherwise dark life. Seeing as the older waiter understands him he does his best to make the customer feel he belongs and build a relationship with him. He realises that not everyone shares the same perspective realising “it’s not only a question of youth” but in this case a question of lack of relationships allowing sympathy and explaining his actions.

He wins her heart with his energy, and willingness to make Janie his equal. Tea Cake is the only husband that actually takes a genuine interest in Janie. He takes her hunting, fishing, and plays checkers with her. She especially enjoys playing chess, the fact that he considers her intelligent enough to learn such a game shows that he thinks more of Janie than Logan or Joe ever did. The town disapproves of Janie and Tea Cake because he is poor and younger than her. They have the impression that he is just after her money. Janie and Tea Cake leave the town of Eatonville and travel to a town called Jacksonville where Tea Cake has work. The sense of gender equality is very important to Janie in a relationship. Tea Cake asks Janie to work alongside him in the Everglades fields. Logan and Joe both wanted her to work, but she resented it. The difference is that Logan wanted Janie to do hard labor because he thought of her as an object like a workhorse. Joe wanted Janie to work in the store, which she also disliked because Joe just wanted to publicly display her as his trophy wife. Tea Cake’s attitude about Janie working is completely different. He gives her the choice of working and doesn’t command her. Janie goes to work the next day, “So the very next morning Janie got ready to pick beans along with Tea Cake. There was a suppressed murmur when she picked up a basket and went to work. She was already getting to be a special case on the muck. It was generally assumed that she thought herself too good to work like the rest of the women and that Tea Cake "pomped her up tuh dat." But all day long the romping and playing they carried on behind the boss’s back made her popular right away.”(133) This is the first relationship that Janie doesn’t care to work. She actually likes working alongside Tea Cake. As time passes the town gets word of a hurricane coming. All the people start fleeing to different places, but the boss

The young waiter has a harsh view of him as well because on occasion the old man has been so drunk he walks out on his bill. The younger waiter has a different respect for time, it’s precious to him and he values it. “I wish he would go home. I never get to bed before three o’clock. What kind of hour is that to go to bed?” “He stays up because he likes it.” “He’s lonely, I’m not lonely. I have a wife waiting in bed for me.” “He had a wife once too” (153). The older you get, the more time wears down on you, and you begin to now, greater than ever, feel your mortality. This theme is used to help the reader understand the older mans pain and that no matter how young and confident someone is, they will eventually grow old and die.

Joe Starks stole Janie away from Logan. He saved her from the boringness of their dull marriage. He woed her with his words of kindness. He promised her happieness. “De day you puts yo’ hand in mine, Ah wouldn’t let de sun go down on us single. You ain’t never knowed what it was to be treated lak a lady and Ah wants to be de one tuh show

Soon after they move to a new town, Eatonville, Joe concentrates his time and thoughts on being the mayor and becoming powerful, not towards Janie. One evening, as the town gathers for the grand opening of its general store, Joe denies Janie the chance to make a speech, even though the crowd wants one: “‘Thank yuh for yo’ compliments, but mah wife don’t know nothin’ ‘bout no speech-makin’. Ah never married her for nothin’ lak dat. She’s uh woman and her place is in de home’” (43). Janie, very hurt and embarrassed, does not tell Joe of her feelings, but instead keeps them to herself. This non-confrontational attitude toward her marriage shows how easily Janie lets Joe control her with his authority: “‘Ah hates disagreement and confusion, so Ah better not talk. It makes it hard to get along’” (57). Instead of working out her anger with her husband, an important quality in any working relationship, Janie keeps quiet and lets the frustration and emotion build within her.

He wants to run a town and the only way he feels he can look good is to have a pretty woman by his side. In the beginning of their marriage Joe treats he like a queen. He tells her that his woman needs to relax in the shade sipping on molasses water and fanning herself from the hot sun. Janie fell in love with the idea.

Margaretha taught her son well enough to enroll him in the state school for the deaf and dump. Andrew accelerated in school. He was known to be a bright, strong and ready student. Andrew's skills in carpentry were second-to-none. He made Knick knacks for the house and wooden bats for play for himself and brothers. He could have a easily been a carpenter, a cabinet maker, or framed houses for a living. At13 Andrew took up artistry of colored sand bottle sculptures. In the beginning his sculptures were simply as well as the motifs in design mainly diamond shapes. Shortly before adulthood Andrew mastered craft. His acclamation came at 17 for his colored sand bottle art in the local paper. All media is not about bad politics a disable teenage having ever reason to give up not only lives his dream but flourishes. The artist Andrew Clemons has the rest of his life to do what he loves and apparently pleased

When Janie's Nanny was aging and felt her life ending, she saw Janie maturing quickly and she thought that it would be only proper for her to have a man for protection after she leaves. After Janie was told this, she immediately didn’t want to accept it, but she did anyway. At age 17, she was married with the man named Logan Killicks who was 50 years old. Logan was a lonely man before he met Janie, the only thing he had to offer for her in marrying Janie was his protection, and a 60 acre potato

Janie’s courage is pulled out from under her skin after days of crude comments directed towards her from Joe Starks. While working at the town general store and doing a job for Joe, Janie incorrectly cuts a tobacco plug for the customer, Joe takes to verbally attacking Janie, saying “‘Whut’s de matter wid you, nohow?”’ and “‘You’se an old woman, nearly forty”’ (Hurston 79). Janie finally stand up for herself to Joe, “‘ Talkin bout me lookin old! When you pull down yo britches, you look lak de change uh life’”