In Chapter 4, more description of how others view Jude, are revealed. He wouldn't have been surprised at all to learn that she was a runner-that lean, boyish body, those long legs (Bennett 81). Jude has been often seen as more masculine than feminine and desirable because being dark is often associated with aggression and hard.
Jude and Reese begin to have relationship issues because of Jude working tirelessly trying to sort out Kennedy and Stella. Then why are you sniffin 'around that girl? You can't make nobody be what they don't wanna be .And if your aunt wants to be a white woman, it's her life. You don't understand, she said. You're right, he said, throwing up his hands. I don't understand you at all- (Bennett 241). Jude and Reese are beginning to drift apart because she's putting all her focus into manipulating her way into a relationship with Kennedy and Stella.
Jude spent months of her time chasing Kennedy around the theater trying to get more information about Stella. All November, she reported to Kennedy Sander's dressing room to help lift the big dress over her head. Then each evening, she stood in the wing of the theater, searching the audience for Stella (Bennett 242).