Logan was an older gentleman that had been seeking Janie's hand in marriage for awhile. Janie’s grandmother thought he was respectable because of his acres of land, and Janie was handed off to Logan within the week. Janie, only being sixteen when entering her first marriage, had no idea what to do, so she took her directions from Logan and followed his wishes. Time passed, and she felt like her dream was slipping away from her. She did not love Logan, and was not happy with him, so when a new opportunity came strolling down the street, she took it. A few days later Janie ran off with her new opportunity, Joe Starks, and they got married. Joe took her down south where there was a town just for African Americans. He ended up being the mayor of this town which made her the mayor's wife. That wasn’t her dream though, and Joe was too busy trying to be successful that he forgot to put in the effort for them to have love in their marriage. One day after Joe had slapped Janie, she began to think, “Janie stood where he left her for an unmeasured time and thought. She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside