Joe slaps her around the kitchen for the reason that the supper she cooks for him isn't great.
Janie experienced serious difficulties discovering her personality. Through her youth, her marriage to Logan, at that point Joe, and afterward at last Tea Cake, Janie has dependably would have liked to have a character free of any other person. . In the case of Joe she tried to argue at times for her identity but often Joe would counter her arguments with something which would discourage her.