Janie is described by the people on the book as a bad person. They talk about her like she is a naive girl: "we all know how she went 'way from here and us sho seen her come back. 'Tain't no use in your tryin' to cloak no ole woman lak Janie Starks" (pg 3). The only person who is supporting her is Pheoby who keeps telling them that Janie had a reason for coming back although she was having trouble figuring all of this out. The author put all of this dialogue on the porch before we met Janie to put an image of what others thought and when we meet Janie, we realize this is all biased. When Janie and Pheoby talk, we get an insight of Janie's life and her feelings. She is really a nice person who had a lot of trouble to over come and just needs to talk to someone she can trust will help her. "If they wants to see and know, why they don't come kiss and be kissed?" (pg 6). Janie is willing to tell anyone her story if they come to talk to her.
I see the narration in a Third-Person Omniscient view. When we first see Janie, the narrator, instead of saying what she looks like, describes what the men notice and see. but the author also slips in a few lines that suggest he/she is sitting watching the story take place. "Janie must be round that side" (pg 4). This quote suggests that Pheoby is being watched by the narrator. It also becomes apparent that the narrator may be a character in the story using similar dialect as the characters' dialogue (saying round instead of around).
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