Their Eyes Were Watching God | Chapter 2: Summary and Analysis

New Characters:
Nanny: Janie’s grandmother. She brought Janie up after her daughter (Janie’s mother) abandoned her. She forces Janie to marry Logan Killicks so that Janie will be protected.

Johnny Taylor: A young man who kissed Janie.

The Washburn family: A white family who lived in West Florida. Nanny was their servant and Janie lived with them when she was a young girl.

Summary
Janie’s recollections take her to her childhood, when she grew up with her grandmother, who was a live-in servant for a white family. One of her favorite...


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