The years took all the fight out of Janie's face. For a while she thought it was gone from her soul. No matter what Jody did, she said nothing. She ha
learned how to talk some and leave some. She was a rut in the road. Plenty of life beneath the surface but it was kept beaten down by the wheels.
Sometimes she stuck out into the future, imagining her life different from what it was. But mostly she lived between her hat and her heels, with her
emotional disturbances like shade patterns in the woods-come and gone with the sun.
What does this excerpt reveal about Janie's emotional state?
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She is feeling determined yet grim.
She is feeling sad and angry.
She is feeling despairing and numb.
She is feeling cautious yet hopeful.
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