“The angels grew jealous of man and chopped up and covered him in mud.”
This parable relates to Janie because she is in a way jealous of men because they can voice their opinions and be heard where Janie, along with other women are suppressed by men and seen as weaker beings. At the very beginning of chapter 9, the novel talks about how in the beginning of time God created one man who shown so bright and sung so loud that the angels eventually got tired of hearing about him. The angels then decided o break him down and once they realized they still couldn't handle him they cut him up and placed mud over him. Not only does it relate to Janie in the little amount of jealousy she has but it also goes back to her idea of love. When she first starts thinking about love and what her life would be like when she was married, it was a wonderful thought, but as soon as she came to reality she had to cover her dream of love up and never reveal it again. once she was married to Logan she knew she couldn't be happy for the rest of her life but once Jody came around it was almost as if her idea of love was re-birthed but once she started to see Jody for who he really was her dream was soon chopped up again and covered with a fake smile. In a way it doesn't only relate to her idea of love but to Janie herself because when ever she is put down by Logan or Jody it's as if she is having mud cover her up. Her voice and opinion no longer matter to either of them and if she is covered up they don't have to deal with it.
