The schedule for the reading of this novel is as follows:
July 6-10: Chapters 1-11 with posts due on or before Sunday, July12
13-17: Chapters 12-20 of Their Eyes with posts due on or before Sunday, July 17
When reading the first set of chapters, I'd like you to focus on three ideas:
1) React personally to the novel - you could discuss characters, style, conflict, etc - you could talk about personal connections, make connections with works you've read before, evaluate characters, style, plot events, ask questions about things, speculate on a symbol or motif that is repeated....this is really wide open.
2) Connect an idea from Foster's book to the reading in these chapters and discuss its significance in terms of meaning.
3) Engage in a dialogue with me and/or other students on the blog; you did a really excellent job with this in the last week of the Foster text.
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This Janie woman has some problems. She runs off from her first husband Logan and marries Jody. Note she did not get a divorce from Logan which makes her a polyandrist. This leaves me with no sympathy for when Jody starts treating her like a second-class citizen. That is karma. I do not really understand what the conflict is. Is it with herself? Janie is screwing up her on life as far as I can see. I do like that the author is using a lot of local color even though it may be hard for some of you to read (for some reason it was real easy for me to understand).
Foster's first chapter titled Every Trip Is a Quest connects to Janie leaving Logan to go with Jody. According to Foster a quest consists of five things: a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges along the way, a real reason to go there. Janie is the quester, she is going to Eatonville, Janie is going to start a new life with Jody, no real challenges along the way (though Janie and Jody find that the town is a wreck), and the real reason she goes is because she does not love Logan and wants to escape from that marriage.
I do not know if I will be able to get back to a computer to respond to someone elses post (mine is being worked on) this week, but I will respond as soon as I can.
Terry, how can you not sympathize at all with Janie? her life was decided for her all becuase she took place in an innocent kiss. the door to her childhood was closed to soon and to top it off, she was forced to marry an emotionless man. Logan did not fulfill her needs. Janie is the type of charater that needs to be loved; it's essential to her. Logan's idea of showing his love and appreciation for her was chopping fire wood and bringing it in the house. Jody payed attention to Janie like no man ever had. If logan had been my only source of male companionship, i would have run off too. Logan is too afraid of damaged his manly image to show Janie that he cares and therefor she has no clue that he really does. So in a way, his fear of showing emotion is the reason he looses Janie.
ok so "Their Eyes Were Watching God" was actually alot more interesting than I thought it would be. It talks about the war and the freedom that was supposedly gained for slaves. But then you are in the story of a beautiful young woman who ironically was born into freedom but is not free. Her grandmother tries to do what's best for her but her grandmother lived when slavery was still going on and her ideas of living a full life are not what Janie feels.
She yearns to make her own way and to see what's out there in the world and she realizes this one day under the peach tree and when she kisses the odd boy across the fence. Being married off the way she is to Logan is not her way but she does it to please her grandmother and hopes that all will turn out okay. When things don't go as she plans and she does not fall in love then she goes nuts for the stranger who brings adventure into her life and the old feelings of peace that she had.
It makes me think about how I wish to reach to the horizon and go on my own adventures when I get older and how I can't really right now because of some things my mother doesn't think is approopriate for me to do in life. Like when I plan to go hiking and camping when I get older. That's just a bit much for my loving mother to grasp that I might want to go places that could hold danger, mystery, and things that wouldn't suit a young lady. In my mind I see Janie also reaching for this freedom of her own choices. And as embarrassing as it may sound to my ears I want to find love as does Janie. She doesn't want to marry for the sole purpose of having someone to care for her.
Yet again her second plan of living fully to life's fullest falls short too but I have to hand it to the girl she has patiences for staying with Jody as long as she did. Patience is a virtue, and in this case it is for Tea Cake shoes up and it looks to me like she has found that peaceful sunny day under the peach tree again.
So Janie has a quest, irony is her constant companion, and i agree with BritNichole, Janie needs to be sympathized with. It doesn't seem that any of these guys in the story except for Tea Cake now, are doing anything within their power to show Janie that she matters and that she's not just some pretty mare to buy and sell. One thing that I can't believe though is...why hasn't she had a baby yet? Could their be a deeper meaning are did the author just not stress enough that Janie didn't have a honeymoon. Not trying to be crude here, just curious because in that day when the man ruled over the woman and the women had no say so, I'd figure that she would have...you know, gotten pregnant. Just a thought that occupies me when I'm reading this book.
I check back later to respond. Sorry I haven't done it more didn't know that we were doing that.
You know, I find that female readers sympathize with Janie more immediately while reading this novel than male readers do. It seems that male readers point the finger more at Janie for the way her life turns, rather than pointing the finger at Nannie and the context of the setting. Terry, I do think that one major conflict is brewing within Janie. In fact, it could be said that the novel is a story of Janie on a quest to find her true identity. The reader notices that Janie's first memories as she recounts them to Phoebe are of living in the house with the white kids and not even understanding she's black until she sees the picture of herself. From her earliest memories, Janie has struggled for her identity. The situation with her mother and father leaving her raised by her grandmother complicates this. I think you simplify the quest,Terry, but that's perhaps because you haven't finished reading the book. Eatonville is just one stop along the way, as was Logan's farm. She grows from each experience. Cassandra, you seem to have picked up on a motif that recurs throughout the novel, the horizon, and your comments suggest that you understand its metaphorical meaning for Janie. You and Brittany also recognize Janie's quest for passion, for love and real emotion, but her limitations in terms of finding it are very real in the novel so that is one very big obstacle she will have to overcome. I think it is important to discuss the local color as Hurston employs it, especially through the dialect as Terry alluded. Hurston was not only a writer of fiction, she was also an anthropologist. She studied the people of Florida and the way they spoke and told tales, and you can see evidence of her authenticity from the first chapter and the people talking from their porches as Janie comes back into town. Speech and voice become significant elements of the novel as we consider how Janie searches for her own voice.
Remember for the first 11 chapters of this novel I would like you to focus on the following:
1) React personally to the novel - you could discuss characters, style, conflict, etc - you could talk about personal connections, make connections with works you've read before, evaluate characters, style, plot events, ask questions about things, speculate on a symbol or motif that is repeated....this is really wide open.
2) Connect an idea from Foster's book to the reading in these chapters and discuss its significance in terms of meaning.
3) Engage in a dialogue with me and/or other students on the blog.
Do not hesitate to blog more than once throughout the week if you think of other ideas or if you read others' posts and want to comment.
The colloquialism that Hurston uses in this novel just amplifies this novel to a whole new level. It gives the reader a more personal feel, letting them experience the characters’ imperfect conversations and realize they can relate to characters not only in their trials in triumphs, but in the way they talk.
The biggest symbol in the novel so far is the pear tree in Janie’s yard. The fact that it is spring time only makes the pear tree that much more symbolic. The first ten chapters tell of Janie’s becoming a woman. The blossoming pear tree in chapter two represents Janie coming into womanhood. As the buds blossom into flowers, Janie’s views of the world and of boys blossoms also. Hurston says “Through pollinated air she saw a glorious being coming up the road. In her former blindness she had known him as shiftless Johnny Taylor, tall and lean. That was before the golden dust of pollen had belabored his rags and her eyes.” The blindness that Hurston is referring to is the blindness of Janie’s childhood. After Janie experiences the kiss with Johnny Taylor, Hurston states that Janie’s childhood is over. Nanny being an accidental third witness represents a lock being put on the closed door of Janie’s childhood. So far, all of the life changing decisions in Janie’s life have been made based on someone else’s fear. She was rushed into a marriage she didn’t want because of her Nanny’s fear of her being raped like her mother. She ran off with Jody because Logan was afraid to show his emotions. At the end of chapter 2, Nanny says “ Put me down easy, Janie, Ah’m a cracked plate.” This metaphor stood out to me because it emphasized how much Nanny carried to hold her family together. Janie and her mother were the meal and Nanny was the plate that kept then from hitting the floor.
When Jody Starks comes into the picture, Janie is so hungry for companionship, she openly and happily accepts it from a complete stranger. Jody brought the pollinated dust back over her eyes and she was mesmerized. What Logan and Nanny failed to realize was that Janie’s hunger could not and would not be satiated with money or material things.
In relation to Foster’s novel, symbols have played a huge park in Hurston’s novel so far. The blossoming pear tree make Janie the character that she is. Every stage in Janie’s life can be related to that of the tree. As the pear tree blossoms so does Janie; everyone admires the beauty of the pear tree but nobody really pays attention to anything else.
I am enjoying reading this book. It's really caught my attention and makes me want to keep reading. One thing that is kind of hard to understand is the dialogue the characters speak. I have to think about it. I have to say i agree with Brittany. I also feel sympathy for Janie but not all the way. Sometimes i feel like she could of stood up and reacted differently. Like taking more control of herself and what she wanted to do rather than just being pushed around by either her Nanny or Jody. Especially Jody. Alot of it probably came from the way she was raised by her Nanny and the fact that in those days women didn't have control. Men were the boss. Since she didn't have a real mother or father. It was difficult for her and that she didn't know who she really was. I didn't think about it but as Terry said, Janie is on a quest. I think her conflicts are the ones she deals with Jody.
Janie kind of reminds me of Daisy, from The Great Gatsby. Their both described to be beautiful and also wanted by many men. They both became "first class" and "rich". Both because of their husbands. They also went for other men. Like Daisy went for Gatsy and Janie just moved from one to another.
Geography Matters. This story wouldn't be the same if it wasn't set in that place and time period. Nowadays, nobody goes to some city and become mayor and basically the boss of everything. Well they could but it would take years. This had to be some city where there was barely anything. Also the time this story took place. Almost anywhere you go there's already cities, building and stores. Back then they were just starting to build. Their dialogue is also something that not most people speak. So this novel had to have taken place where it is in order to have a certain meaning to it. I look forward to reading the rest of the chapters.
This book started off kinda slow to me. But the more I read the more interested I became. I think it is a great story and it has a lot of meaning behind it.
As Terry mentioned in his first post, he liked the use of local color. Terry also mentioned that it would probably be hard for some of us to read. Well Terry, you were right. I have to admit I had some trouble understanding all of the southern dialect. I had to sound out some of the words while I was reading. But the use of local color really adds character to the book and it would not have the same affect without it.
Like the other girls, I have sympathy for Janie. All she really wants is love. And she wasn't getting it from Logan. Logan made her feel used and unloved.I think any young girl would run away from that. So she moves on to Jody who makes her feel special for a while, but he really doesn't appreciate Janie for who she is either. I do agree with Terry that Janie is on a quest, a quest to find herself.
Brittany, I think you did a excellent job talking about the symbolism between the pear tree and Janie's life.
I can understand how ya'll sympothize with Janie. I can see the point and it is a valid one. But maybe Janie is the problem and not her husbands. She is very demanding and expects her husbands to know what she is thinking. If she would be more open to her husbands and tell them how she feels than they would probably correct their errors. Especially in Logan's case. I believe he really loveed her but did not know a way to show his affection for her. If she would have told him how than he probably would have.
To start with I am really enjoying this book! It's a fun read for me which I wasn't expecting!
To me Janie acts the way any other girl in her situation would act if they were forced to grow up too quickly like she was! Her Nanny did what she thought was best given Janie's families background and her own personal health. In my opinion it was the wrong move on her grandmothers part to force her to get married for status instead of love. After reading Nanny's reaction and solution to Janie's kiss I thought about Foster's chapter about Quests and how Janie was about to start hers. She had alot of room for internal growth which is what Foster's chapter explained.
As I read on I really thought Lee Coker and Amos Hicks were two comical characters. I could just imagine as I read two men sitting on a porch gossiping and bickering. They made me laugh.
In chapter 9 Tea Cake comes around and I started to think that finally Janie found her type. After her second husband Joes death she experienced this new feeling of freedom. Tea Cake was her example of this new freedom. He represented creativity which is what she was searching for.
Is it just me or is this book loaded with symbols? I feel like as I am reading everything is jumping out at me as one. A major one I found was in chapter 5 which was Joe Stark and his "white house". This to me showed how he wanted to be in the same league with the white people. He yearned for that kind of status and success. He wanted to be somebody and thought he had what it took to get there. Another symbol I found was Janie's hair. This represents her freedom. When it is down she is a free and independent woman. It stands for her beauty and confidence.
Brittany I really liked your pear tree symbol I had also made a note of that one! It is definitly a major one.
Terry I am not surprised that you don't sympothize with Janie. I think when you say she should be more open about her feelings you are thinking of this day and time. Women today are alot more willing to share their opinions because they are alot more independent. During the books time period they did not have the same impact on society that they do today.
Just a quick note after skimming comments this morning - great job! You are all reading carefully and thoughtfully! I love the fact that you are noticing symbolic elements and that you are considering character motivations and stylistic elements. Way to go. I can't wait to get in class and have discussions!!!
Ok Terry, I can agree with you. Janie isn't open with her husbands and that would really solve alot of her problems. however, she could have a fear of rejection. what if she speaks up and her husband isn't responsive? her husbands could have very well spoke of their emotions. When someone gets married, there are no longer I's and Me's; there are only us's and we's. so the gives and takes has to be in place or else the marriage won't work.
This book did not grab my attention at first. After finishing, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" last semester i thought i had my dosage of hard to read dialect. i found myself re-reading lines a couple times. but as i go i pick up on Nanny's dialect better and it's easier to read.
i caught something that Foster has recently taught us in a very short matter of time. shorter than i was expecting. I won't go into overwhelming details though. in chapter two on page 11, Janie describes a pear tree. I'll let you read the paragraph but there is some obvious sexual tension here. Foster taught a lesson or two in "How to Read Literature Like a College Professor" on sexual encounters and how authors censor it.
I'll take a second and talk about the authors style. Hurston uses a noticeable split personality style of telling the narrative. In the beginning it's a third narrator who is intelligent. This voice is the base of the novel, though you can tell the author separates Janie's voice. The local color separates these two and creates an extra element to telling the novel.
Jody's wealth to me, seems like a burden to him. Also i noticed that Jody was trying to shape Janie into what he wanted. Which i have to disagree with.
I'm having kind of a hard time connecting with this book personally. Firstly I'm a guy so i don't really connect to all the girl feelings and thoughts and things like that. This seems like more of a female oriented book. Associated with a females thoughts and actions. I'm reading it though, and sticking along with it and trying to see it from her eyes.
Interesting book. I'm interested to see how it will it will end.
As I was reading this book, I thought about how Janie's hair was mentioned or refered to several times. So, I thought about how her hair might be a symbol. A symbol of her independence and strength and of her power. Through the things and events that she goes through, her originality remains the same. She is a strong woman, and dosent take crap from anybody. She is who she is, and dosent care what people think of her.
As for my relation from this book to Foster's book, I made the same connection as Christina did, about how Geography Matters, and how this story would not be the same, nor have the same meanings as if it was set in a different time period or place. It takes place in the deep south where slaves were held and where the distinct dialect is common.
After reading How to Read Literature like a Professor this novel is GREAT. While it was entertaining it didn't keep my attention at all like Their Eyes Were Watching God did. I have really enjoyed this novel so far although Janie does get on my nerves a little bit. Her grandmother was just trying to help her out before she died. Her grandmother left her with a husband who could take care of her even if he wasn't the best at showing his love. It also bothers me that Janie is married to two men at once. I understand why she would leave, it would be hard to be with a man that doesn't pay her any attention, especially since she is so young and would have heard all of the stories about how great love is. I think that she needs to learn how to open up to others and just be herself. She shouldn't be afraid to tell her husband what's on her mind. Their accents are really hard to understand at times also.
The chapter in Fosters book that stood out to me for this novel was chapter 19, Geography Matters. If "Their Eyes Were Watching God" didn't take place in the south like it does then the characters wouldn't have the same accents as they do and Janies first husband might not have been a farmer. If the novel hadn't taken place at the time that it did then a black community wouldn't need to be started. I basically thought that without the geography that the novel has none of the characters would be the same as they are and it would be a completely different novel. I also thought that chapter 12 Is That a Symbol? fit the novel very well. I agree with Brittany that the tree is a symbol and Amanda that Janies hair is a symbol, but I also think that the store is a symbol. I think that the store symbolizes how Janie and her marriage. Janie likes her marriage and she likes being at the store, but only to hear all of the stories. Janie likes being married to a man that pays her attention, but when it comes to doing the work to keep it going she doesn't like it. Janie doesn't seem to like opening up to people, she wouldn't even tell Jody what was bothering her. When it came to the store she really doesn't like working, she hates trying to do the math. Her husband makes her put her hair up when she's in the store; he makes her hide herself and she can't be herself.
I agree with Terry that she should have gotten divorced first. I also agree with Katherine Anne that Janie did what any normal girl would do, but I don't think that what she did was right.
Wow. I must say, this local color is killing me. Therefore, i have to agree with Terry's statement that this book is hard (for some) to read. I found myself literally talking out loud and sounding words out. After reading ten chapters, I kind of got the gist of it.
Along with everyone else, geography does matter. Since it is set in the south, talk of slavery and war makes perfect sense along with the dialect: Nanny's recollection of her time as a slave, her master raping her and then leaving for war.
Along with Amanda, i also saw symbolism in Janie's hair. During her time with Jody, she always had to have her hair wrapped up and hidden. He would catch men looking at it and touching it. When he passed away, the first thing she did was burn her head rags and let her hair out. She wore it proudly. To me, her hair represented her individuality and her strength as a woman.
Again, I have to say that I'm impressed that you all seem to be connecting Foster's ideas with the novel and that you seem to be picking up on some very significant symbols and exploring them effectively. Janie's hair, Jody's status and power, the pear tree (I guess some of you read the chapters on sex in the Foster book even though they weren't assigned - not surprising (; ) Keep up with these elements and others, like geography as a couple of you mentioned, as you read further because Hurston pulls them even deeper into her novel.
I love that you are discussing Hurston's stlye. Reading the dialect aloud is the strategy that helped me the best when I read this for the first time in college. It's rather funny, too, hearing yourself read that way. Billy makes a significant comment about the narrator of the novel and how it seems to be that there is this 3rd person narrator who speaks differently than Janie when she narrates. Take note of how that works as you come to the ending of the novel.
Brittany, you and Katherine Anne both commented on how many symbols Hurston employs in this novel, and you are absolutely correct! The hair, the porch, the store, the mule, the lamp post... I'd like for you all to comment on at least one of these in further detail after reading the last few chapters.
First off, I really do not like this book and I have to agree with Terry about Janie deserving what she gets. In her first marriage, her husband Logan was just trying to be a good husband and work hard to make a living for her and himself and she couldn't be satisfied with this. Logan treated her good and waited on her hand a foot for a while and she had everything she needed, but the first time he asks her to do a little work she objects and leaves him. Actually, she commits adultery because she never divorces Logan before she marries Joe. Then, when she is with Joe, he becomes very wealthy and powerful and he gives Janie everything she needs and everything she wants and still she can't be satisfied and she complains about having to run a little general store which is a lot easier that plowing in the fields which is what a lot of women had to do then. I also think that Hurston could've eased up on he local color a little. It would make the book more enjoyable and easier to read.
In Foster's book, chapter 12 entitled "Is That a Symbol" talks about symbols and how to pick them out in works of literature. In this book, Janie's hair could be considered a symbol because it symbolizes her power and identity as a woman. It is also what characterizes her from the rest of the blacks because her hair is straighter and more "white" than most blacks and her unwillingness to wrap it up, but instead wear it down shows her somewhat rebellious spirit.
Okay, to an extent, I can see some of ya'll's points about her grandmother deciding what kind of life she should have and who she would marry, but ultimately it was her decision and she didn't have to marry Logan if she really didn't want to. I mean, I value my grandparents advice a lot, but when it comes down to it, I make decisions based on what I think is the best for me in the long run.
Also, I think that Joe was a little bossy and demanding, but even so, she still had a good life and she could have tried a little harder to compromise instead of waiting until she couldn't take it anymore and exploding on Joe on his death bed.
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The first eleven chapters of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Hurston were filled with a lot of history, which was a little surprising to me. However, the strong local color is hard to read at times. I continue to find myself slowing down and re-reading a lot just to understand what characters are saying in their dialogues. Also, I am going to speculate about a symbol – Janie’s hair. It is mentioned how beautiful it is, yet Jody makes her keep it up and hid while she is working at the store. Even after Jody dies, Janie is still reluctant to let her hair out to show how beautiful and straight it is. I am sure there is more to come throughout the novel about her hair.
In relation to Foster’s book, I will focus on chapter 19, “Geography Matters”. The strong local color and dialect that fills this novel represents where the book takes place – in the South. This book, as I mentioned, is filled with a lot of historical references to slavery, which was prominent in the South. If this novel was set in the North, the historical issues of slavery would have changed drastically due to differing viewpoints on the subject matter.
For once in my life, I have to agree with Terry on not feeling sympathetic with Janie. She didn’t officially divorce from Logan before marrying Jody. Also, isn’t it kind of ironic how Jody sounds like a feminine name, while he is such a domineering and overbearing character? That was one instance of irony I found throughout the first half of the novel.
Jody? I thought his name was Joe which is probably why I didn't sympathize with him that much. I quess his name was one that I didn't pay attention too much too. I was sort of mad with him for thinking he could posses Janie like he possed his power as Mayer and that he wanted her to be like a trophy that you put up on a wall. I'd be pretty mad if my husband did that. I agree with Trent that Jody is a girlish name and can represent Jody's weakness to his soft pride. It was so easily bruised, his pride. When Jody was trying to show his love to Janie in the only way he could, I did feel sorry for him and wished someone could have told him how to let Janie know he loved her. Of course, for love to work it has to go both ways and I honestly think that Janie never loved Jody, she just knew that it was part of the road she needed to take to find that emotion of love she began searching for under that peach tree when she was so young.
I'm just sorry that she had to waste all that time with Jody when she could have left him.
1) I am really enjoying reading this book. The use of local color is a bit difficult at times but overall it’s good. Janie’s actions and perspectives reflect her values, attitudes, and flaws. Janie’s values, attitudes, and flaws not only reflect who she is in society, but who she truly is to herself. Her perplexing values and attitudes form a connection to her flaws. When Janie gets married the first time, it is because her grandma wants her to, not for love. She married Logan Killicks because her grandmother was dying and she wanted to see Janie taken care of. When Janie goes to live with him, at first Logan gives her anything she wants and treats her like a princess. Then as time goes on he starts telling her that she is spoiled and that she needs to do work. After Logan starts getting to know Janie, she runs off with Joe. Joe and Janie had been talking and Joe knew how Logan had been treating her. When they run off, Joe took her to a small town, which he thought was going to be expanding. Joe became mayor of the town, which made Janie the mayor's wife. Joe built a store in the town, and he had Janie running the store. Janie just had one problem with this; Joe made her keep her hair up because he had seen other men looking at her. Joe also wouldn't let Janie talk to other people because he felt that she didn't need to be part of the gossip. Janie's self-discovery was from the beginning of her teenage years, when she sat out in the yard looking at the pear tree and comparing the way it grew and blossomed to her own growth.
2) In Foster’s book in chapter 12, he explains the significance of symbols. In “Their Eyes Were Watching God” a head-rag becomes an important symbol. Janie’s second husband, Joe Starks, forces Janie to wear a head-rag when in public. Because Janie’s hair is so attractive to men, Joe jealously makes his wife bind her hair, constraining Janie’s femininity and stifling her identity. In an attempt to keep Janie all to himself, he suffocates her and loses her completely. When Joe dies, Janie wastes little time in burning all of the head-rags she owns. Here, the head-rag represents the constraints imposed on women by men in power.
3) Josh it was good to hear a different perspective of how a male reader might respond to Janie and her difficulties. However, I do feel sympathetic towards her. I strongly disagree with your opinion that Hurston should have eased up on the local color. Admittedly, the dialect was hard to get through, but the story would not have retained its depth and richness without it. For example, if the characters had spoken in formal English they wouldn’t have been believable in that time and place.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I love the use of local color and the metaphors the author uses to describe the sunrise and things of that sort.
I have developed a sort of admiration for Janie. She is a beautiful woman with a desire to get out in the world and live how she wants to live. Janie never wanted to be married to Logan Killicks so how can we get frustrated with her for not loving him the way married people do. If I was forced to marry an older man I'd want to get out of it too.
For me, Jody Sparks is a symbol of the determination we should have to make better the things around us. I don't think his last name was Sparks coincidentally either. He was young and full of hope for the new town and his new wife.
As the story progressed, Jody started to get on my nerves. He somewhat caged Janie in. She wasn't allowed to talk with the men, she had to keep her hair up in the store, and she was scolded every time she made a tiny mistake.
Janie's hair is a major symbol in this story. It's long and beautiful. I find this to represent Janie's never-ceasing youth. It's almost as if the older she gets the younger her spirit gets.
I admire Tea Cake as well. He's what every woman dreams of finding in life. He comes from nothing and works his butt off just for Janie. I'm so happy for her when she meets him. She can finally fall in love now that she's found the right guy.
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