ature 309-310) Grandmother crushed her sixteen year old heart, as would have killed anyone's hopes for a healthy future.
             Janie fought her grandmother's plan, as she should have, but it was no use. Janie married Logan Killicks as planned. They married "in Nanny's parlor [on] a Saturday evening with three cakes and big platters of fried rabbit and chicken." (The Prentice Hall Anthology of African American Literature 312)
             Logan Killicks was not the man for any young woman. He was tired, already experienced life, had already gone through the trials and tribulations that teenagers go through, and had already loved another woman old enough to be Janie's mother. No, Logan Killicks was not looking for love as Janie was. He needed a partner to help him in the field and kitchen. He needed many things from Janie. Janie needed to be left alone and live her childhood, but would not get that yet. Mr. Killicks was not even a well kept man. He lacked normal hygiene, he was physically unattr
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