Janie

     Janie is the focal point of the story, without her there is no conflict. Without her there is no conflict. She has spent half her life married, to men she has no emotion for. Every time she has to actually work for a living she acts like she is being forced to move a mountain. She blames the husband for being in a position where she must work. Now while a normal person would either divorce or die, she does neither. She up and left her first husband for her second husband. She did this after speaking with the new man for a day or two. Eventually she celebrated her second husbands death. 

     Her consistent lack of judgement with men is irritating. Running off with a stranger is a foolish way to solve marital problems that have not even been confronted. Running off with a stranger and marrying him instead is even more stupid. Never confronting the marital problems with her second husband is redundantly stupid. On top of that she left her first husband because with him she would have to work to live, so obviously a man dead set on building a new town is a better choice. She is lazy. How can she expect to have a happy marriage when the only time she really talks to her husbands is when she is leaving them or dying. She brought her unhappiness on herself. There is plenty of blame on the two men she has been with (so far in the story), both were unfair and overbearing, but no one forced her to stay with either of them.