Janie hopes that her marriage to Logan Killicks will bring her love and happiness. As she says to her grandmother, "Ah wants to want him sometimes." Janie's and Nanny's views of marriage clearly contrast with one another. Nanny wishes Janie a comfortable, secure life, unlike what she had. However, Janie yearns for a marriage filled with unconditional love. While Nanny's wishes for Janie's marriage were filled with good intent, this marriage only brought Janie feelings of unhappiness and loneliness.
Although she protested the marriage, Janie hopes her relationship with Logan will blossom and their love for each other will grow. As she says, "Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think." After two and a half months, however, Janie still feels lonely in her marriage, just as she does in Logan's home, a place she describes as "a lonesome place like a stump in the middle of the woods where nobody had ever been."
By the close of this chapter, Janie's hopes for love and for her marriage are dashed and she feels more alone than she ever has before. In this chapter, Janie comes to a powerful realization about love and marriage. She now understands that "marriage did not make love." At this point, Janie's dream of love and happiness dies, causing her to leave the naïve young girl that she was when she married Logan and to become a woman.
