lity that she is also telling him he didn't understand the importance she placed on her hair. A telling moment occurs when shortly after he dies she walks to the mirror: 'She tore off the kerchief from her head and let down her plentiful hair. The weight, the length, the glory was there. She took careful stock of herself, then combed her hair and tied it back up again' (135). Then she "starches and irons her face...and opens up the window and cries 'Come heah people! Jody is dead. Mah husband is gone from me" (135). In this scene you realize that Janie's hair is exhibited as a lasting symbol of her freedom and her self esteem. Hurston is careful to show us that Janie's examination of her hair (self esteem) is more important than immediately announcing her husband's death. Hurston makes it very clear that hair is going to be a primary issue in Janie's and Joe's relationship. It was her hair that Joe first caught attention to when he met he
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