Journal #7: How does Mrs. Turner's relationship with her husband affect her character? Discuss their roles in marriage, and compare them to other couples in the chapters.

Mrs. Turner is the dominant one in her marriage. Mr. Turner has realized this, and probably decided to disappear into the background and let her do everything, or else she would probably throw a fit if she thought he did something wrong. But now Mrs. Turner considers his submission as laziness, and has narrowed it down to the fact that he is darker than her as the source of his laziness. Mrs. Turner thinks black people are loud and lazy, and she is neither because she's lighter, therefore not in their "category". It's an interesting interpretation made by a person of the very race being stereotyped. Mrs. Turner's husband's actions developed her racism toward black people.