In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Logan Killicks is Janie's first husband, and he dominates her by not giving her a chance to become her true self. Janie's grandmother is happy to have Janie marry Logan because he is an older man who appears stable to Janie's grandmother. Once the two are married, Logan expects Janie to constantly work in and around the home, and he gives her no choices. For example, Logan continues to do work around the farm, and now that Janie is with him, he feels that he can get done more work with the two of them. He wants her to help plow the fields, so he goes off to get a mule to help her do the work. Janie, however, has little interest in being herself worked like a mule, so she runs off with Jody Starks when Logan is away. Janie is young and wants romantic love, but Logan is older and set in his ways--he feels that he shows his love by providing a stable home life for Janie. He does not make any attempt to understand Janie's point of view, and thus he dominates her with his point of view.
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