Mrs. Turner is a weak, ugly woman who takes pride only in her white characteristics and finds extreme distaste in her black characteristics. But Janie defends her black culture through her life-style choice. She marries Tea Cake and comes to the muck to work and live and learn in nothing but overalls and her good spirit. Hurston, like Janie, defends black culture by embracing it. Mrs. Turner embraces the white perception of a cruel and uncaring God.
All gods dispense suffering without reason.
Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Later in the novel, we will be shown a clearer explanation of the traditional black folk perception of God. So far we have not seen God characterized specifically. As the chapters progress, watch carefully how God is personified and try to connect it with the cultural story that Hurston is writing.