Don T Close Your Eyes Janie Character Analysis

Blackness is closing in around the eyes of one brave soul. Next thing they know, all they can see is another’s dream, if they’re lucky. In small town, Michigan, Janie has this wild ability. If she passes one dreaming, she is immediately sucked in and cannot escape unless the dream ends. Throughout the trilogy of Don’t Close Your Eyes, Janie struggles with the curse she is blessed with, while she faces normal teenage girl problems. One of the issues she encounters amongst the trilogy is falling in love with Cabel. Cabel is Janie’s love interest throughout this novel and he helps her with her dream problem. Helping Janie may include her being in his nightmares, or him helping while she struggles within another’s nightmare or dream. Janie then
Miss Stubin also had the same curse that Janie had, although she knew how to control and help more than Janie ever did. Miss Stubin was a kind, old woman who was blind and lived in the Hospice Care place Janie worked at. Miss Stubin never married and was blind and crippled because of her ability. Throughout the novel, Miss Stubin made appearances after she passed to assist Janie in controlling and using her abilities in the right way, even when they did take her sight and hand control. She was an angel to Janie, a guardian angel. She led Janie to answers she never would have known and guided her to show how much Cabel actually did love her. In the novel, Miss Stubin appears in one of the dreams Janie is sucked into and gives Janie some words of advice, “Dreams happen in the strangest places. Watch for them” (315 McMann). This quote is an example of how motherly or even grandmotherly Miss Stubin was to Janie on earth and even when Miss Stubin wasn’t here in human form. Janie met Miss Stubin in the care place, thinking she was an infinitesimal part of her life, but in reality she was one of the biggest changes. The song, “Supermarket Flowers” by Ed Sheeran represents Miss Stubin in many ways. The lyrics that represent Miss Stubin the best is, “ Oh, I'm in pieces. It's tearing me up but I know, A heart that's broke is a heart that's been loved, So, I'll sing Hallelujah, You were an angel in the shape of my mum, When I fell down, you'd be there holding me up, Spread your wings as you go, And when God takes you back, He'll say, "Hallelujah, you're home."”. These lyrics represent Miss Stubin by the impact she had on Janie and her life. Janie was sad and in pieces when Miss Stubin, but she realized that Miss Stubin had left her with valuable information and love that she would never get from her own blood. Miss Stubin may have passed, but she was always there for