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Janie’s first experience with a relationship gave her a bleak outlook on the future of her love life. As a young girl, she was plucked out of believing a relationship should be about love, and forced into Nanny’s cynical, yet arguably realistic, ideal relationship with Logan Killicks. Being forced to do manual labor, being underappreciated, and not being attracted to Logan only further fueled Janie’s hopes for a better life. The culmination of these feelings led her to run off with Joe Starks, leaving Logan behind. One could view this as Janie simply taking advantage of Joe’s offer to get away from Logan’s harsh treatment of her, but this is probably not the case. Janie likes Joe’s ambition and confidence. However, over time as the initial spark starts to fade, Janie sees Joe’s true self, and does not like what she sees, nor how he treats her. Thus when he dies, Janie feels no remorse, and it is only cultural/societal pressures forcing her to pretend that she does. While promising at f