The first blossom on Janie's life is Nanny. Nanny raised Janie from a little child and gave her the roots she needed to support herself. When Janie feels that she doesn't love Logan, Nanny gives her the advice, "if you don't want him, you sho oughta. Hea you is wid de onliest organ in town, amongst colored folks, in yo' parlor" (18). Nanny tries to express to Janie that she has her …show more content…
He is a man that sees no wife in his relationship, but he sees a worker in Janie. "If Ah kin haul de wood heah and chop it fuh yuh, look lak you oughta be able tuh tote it inside" (21). Janie goes back to the pear tree to relate that her marriage should be peaceful, such as "Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think" (19). Logan is the pollution to Janie's tree of life. Even Janie is knowledgeable of the apparent destruction that Logan is causing: "The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree" (11). His sole accomplishment is delaying Janie from realizing that she can be a woman with graceful thought, and she is not just a house worker. He prevents the independent Janie from reaching her