Janie
Quotes
Themes
Characters
Symbols
100
Women forced to marry Logan by her Nanny
Who is Janie?
100
"Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think. Ah…"
What is love?
100
This character lived a rough childhood and raised Janie on her own.
Who is Nanny?
100
Janie's view of nature is expressed through this when the bees interact with its flowers.
What is the pear tree?
200
If Janie would've been more of this, her problems her life would have been easier to deal with.
What is independent?
200
Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.
What is gender?
200
The first husband of the main character
Who is Logan Killicks?
200
The destructive part of nature is expressed through this with its chaos as it tears through areas.
What is the hurricane?
300
Janie spends most of her life searching for this
What is love?
300
"Wait till you see de new blue satin Tea Cake done picked out for me tuh stand up wid him in..."
What is Tea Cake's desire to provide for Janie?
300
Jody Sparks is very conceited and pushes Janie around just because he has money.
What is power as a mean to achieve happiness?
300
A born entrepreneur with magnetic charisma and was also Janie's second husband.
Who is Joe Starks?
300
This game played by Tea Cake and Janie put these two characters on the same level of power to one another.
What is checkers?
400
Who is Janie's bestfriend?
Who is Phoeby?
400
"she pulled in her horizon like a great fish net. puled it from around the waist of the world and raped it over her shoulder. so much of life in its meshes! she called in her soul to come and see."
What is confidence and strength Janie has found?
400
Janie is blind to her actual race as a child because of the society she is raised up in.
What is the individuals relationship to the community?
400
Wins Janie's love as her 3rd husband with his personality
Who is Tea Cake?
400
This animal represents the act of victimization throughout the story and explains the life of Janie.
What is a mule?
500
Janie was criticized on everything she did by these individuals.
What is the porch sitters?
500
“Come help me move dis manure pile befo’ de sun gits hot. You don’t take a bit of interest in dis place. ‘Taint no use in foolin’ round in dat kitchen all day long.”
What is Jody's desire to take Janie out of the house?
500
Being wealthy and the society you live in can have a big impact on the way people are looked at in this story. This is why Jody feels like he can treat Janie however he feels.
What is Society and class?
500
Middle aged mixed female who approaches Janie and tries to convince her to marry her son who is a lawyer.
Who is Mrs. Turner?
500
This symbol expresses the ability for Janie to achieve anything possible but Tea Cake is the only one who provides her the ability to reach these limits.
What is the horizon?
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