Vocabulary
Relentlessly
steadily; persistently
"'Cause I hates de way his head is so long one way and so flat on de sides and dat pone uh fat back uh his neck."
Janie
Main Character
Janie Mae Crawford
the lake in the muck that grows as the hurricane does, and ultimately its dike breaks and the water flows over and into the surrounding area, causing great destruction
Lake Okechobee
What was Janie's response when Pheoby talked to her about Tea Cake?
She said that she always wanted to go to the picnic and do other things but one wouldn't let her.
Futile
useless; hopeless; ineffectual
"What she doin coming back here in dem overhalls? Can't she find no dress to put on? - Where's dat blue satin dress she left here in? - Where all dat money her husband took and died and left her?"
The Porch Sitters
Janie's best friend in Eatonville.
Pheoby Watson
where Janie lives happily with Tea Cake, aka the Everglades, poor farming area
The Muck
What did Janie discover one morning about a week after she was married?
Tea Cake woke up before her and took the $200.
Sullen
darkened by clouds
"Gal, you sho looks good. You looks like youse yo' own daughter." They both laughed. "Even wid dem overhalls on, you shows yo' womanhood."
Pheoby
Janie's first husband. Nanny arranges Janie's marriage to Logan because she values financial security and respectability over love.
Logan Killicks
all-black community run by Joe Starks, where Janie starts out happy, becomes really upset, moves away from, but ends up coming back to
Eatonville
Summarize Janie and Tea Cake's wedding.
Janie took the train to Jacksonville in her new blue satin dress. Tea Cake met her at the train and went to the preacher's house.
Velocity
distance traveled per unit time
"Come help me move dis manure pile befo' de sun gits hot. You don't take a bit of interest in dis place. 'Tain't no use in foolin' round in dat kitchen all day long..."
Logan
Janie's third husband and first real love. Twelve years younger than Janie, he respects, understands and loves her for who she is.
Tea Cake
Where Tea Cake and Janie lived and worked, where Tea Cake is buried
Palm Beach
Describe the muck.
It is a section in Everglades near Cleviston and Belle Glade where sugar cane, string beans and tomatoes were raised.
Languish
become feeble
"Come help me move dis manure pile befo' de sun gits hot. You don't take a bit of interest in dis place. 'Tain't no use in foolin' round in dat kitchen all day long..."
Logan
Janie's second husband; power hungry businessman and politician; becomes the postmaster, mayor, storekeeper, and finally the biggest landlord in Eatonville. But he treats Janie as an object rather than a person, and their marriage deteriorates.
Joe Starks (Jody)
The place where Tea Cake and Janie lived and where the hurricane struck
Everglades
How did Tea Cake get the money back?
He gambled and won $320.