Journal 7:
Mrs. Turner's husband is a spineless, wimpy man who cannot stand up to her. Because she is such a strong personality, her husband feels afraid of her and does not display any fondness for her. Because Mrs. Turner is the dominant spouse in the relationship, a role generally filled by the males in this story(as displayed by Tea Cake and the other men in their discussion about beating their wives), Mrs. Turner has become bitter that her husband does not play that role of dominant spouse, and subsequently does not provide the feeling of security and protection that the other women feel about their husbands. She resents this. According to her logic of "the more white you have in you, the higher up you rank", perhaps she feels that if she were more like Janie, that is, "higher up" on her own rating scale, her husband would have more affection for her. Her feeling is one of inadequacy.
Journal 8:
The title, when used in the text, signifies the realization that the characters come to during the storm: That they should always keep in mind that God is watching over them, and that he may test them at any time. That when they watch him and question him, it is of no use, because once God decides to do something, there is nothing anyone can do about it. Hurston suggests, in this passage, that the characters fear God's power and believe that God has his time for saying what he has to say, and that they have no business to interfere with it, but should stand by and watch in awe. "Ole Massa is doin' His work now. Us oughta keep quiet"(Hurston 158).
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