Eyes Who Watch God.....the chapters one and two

So basically, this small little town, is a big gossip town...you know, everyone knows everything. It's pretty annoying actually. They talk badly about Janie's for going around with teabag, and just get really nosey and into Janie's business. Then out of nowhere, the people start to make up rumors about Janie. (the townspeople are also extremely jealous of Janie's beauty...especially her long, thick, straight hair.) Things like her boyfriend jacked her money and dumped her. But then suddenly, Phoebe bravely stands up and puts a stop to all of this behavior. She sticks up for Janie, and for that Janie tells Phoebe the true story of where she had been. This gossip was extremely similar to the gossip of Janie's childhood. The other children were also jealous of Janie for her clothes and stature. She was raised in a good, wealthy, and clean family, whereas the other children were dirt poor. Janie has always been at the point of everyone's jokes in the town and she has grown accustom to it, getting upset by it at first. Now she just ignores and pays no attention to it.