(PG 1) Their eyes flung wide open with judgment. (&) But now, the sun and the bossman were gone, so the skins felt powerful and human…They sat in judgment.
Judgment has appeared twice in the first page and since this is a feminist novel, I can only imagine that this is going to be a reoccurring theme throughout the novel. The people are sitting on their porches watching a woman (Janie) walk by and are staring at her in judgment. This leads us to believe she is either an outsider or she has done something to displease the townspeople. When it says the sun and the bossman were gone you get the impression that they are not going to sit in judgment anymore and that they are going to start talking and gossiping, either with the woman or just about her.
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