Journal 3

It seems like Jody is being characterized in a way that makes him seem almost like a slave master. His actions towards don't show this but how this communities operates does. In chapter 5 I think it was Coker that was talking about how people feel weird talking to him and they bend which ever he blows. He controls what everybody does but not in a hostile way. He uses smooth words but delivers them with a firm tone which the towns people are influenced by. The one person that is not completely under the influence of Jody is his wife. He controls everything she does, prevents her from mingling with the town's people, and makes her work the shop. This is the main reason that I think Hurston is trying to portray Jody as a slave master figure.