Janie Quotes And Analysis

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1) Talk about the life Janie and Tea Cake live in bean-picking, swamp country and contrast it with Janie's life in Eatonville. What is Janie's attitude to the contrast? Janie and Tea Cake seem very happy in the swamp country. They meet other workers and make friends, while they make money. Janie stays at home for awhile, but then starts working with Tea cake, but she does it by choice, not because her husband (like Logan) is forcing her too. They are happy where they are, and with the people they are around. This lifestyle is very different from how she was living in Eatonville. It’s dirty and gross, which makes her laugh thinking about how the people back there would look at her now. Overall, Janie feels free, happy, and loved. 2) Chapter 15 represents Janie's one bout with …show more content…

They flirt often and Tea Cake doesn’t try to stop it. Janie goes looking for them one day because they are “missing”, but Tea Cake denies that he did anything with her. They fought for a long time, but the fight eventually turns into makeup sex. They aggression they felt was changed into a desire for one another. Tea Cake continued to refuse Janie’s accusations. 3) Talk about Mrs. Turner, her attitudes, and Janie and Tea Cake's different reactions to them. Mrs. Turner is a mixed woman who dislikes and is racist towards darker black people. Mrs. Turner wants Janie to leave Tea Cake and go with her light-skinned brother. Janie isn’t interested, and Tea Cake despises Mrs. Turner. She views white people as some type of god whereas the black people are merely worshipers. Janie is also lighter skinned, so Mrs. Turner enjoys Janie’s company. Janie’s uninterested self feels that Mrs. Turner is racist but harmless. Tea Cake goes out of his way to get rid of Mrs. Turner with the fight in her restaurant. 4) The people on the muck gets lots of warnings before the hurricane. Discuss the various warnings and how you (and the characters) respond to

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