Janie cares about the mule because she can relate to the mule. The mule is being mistreated by everyone in the town, and when it finally escaped, everyone started hitting it and being mean to it. Janie sympathized with the mule because of the way that she has been treated in the past, and by Jody.
Jody doesn't treat her very well. He always acts like he is the big man, and she is oppressed. Janie wasn't allowed to go to the funeral because Jody said that she is better than the trashy people and that it wasn't appropriate for her to go to the funeral with all the other people. Janie and the mule have no power. Neither of them have voices and neither of them can stick up for themselves.
The Bell Jar
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Good post Erica. I agree with you when you say that Janie feels like the mule. She has been suppressed by Jody's harshness just like the mule. She has no power over what Jody tells her to do, and the same way there is no way for the mule to stick up for himself.
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