Their Eyes Were Watching God | Chapter 8: Summary and Analysis

New Character:
Pheoby Watson: Janie’s best friend and Sam Watson’s wife.

Summary
Immediately after the scene in Chapter 7, Joe moves out of the bedroom in their house. They seldom talk to each other now. In spite of everything, Janie still wants Joe to be on good terms with her but knows by now that her words cannot make him reasonable. She takes his silence philosophically and waits for him to “get over his mad spell.”

Joe’s health continues to fail him. As he takes to bed, he becomes more sullen and refuses to see Janie. It seems that...



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