Quote Identification
They said this quote, "God made it so you spent yo' ole age first wid somebody else, and saved up yo' young girl days to spend wid me."
Who is Tea Cake?
This is what Nanny caught Janie doing with Johnny Taylor.
What is kissing?
This symbolizes Janie having to be quiet and demure and to hide her true self while she is with Joe, and the freedom she feels after his death.
What is Janie's hair/head scarf?
This is what Tea Cake taught Janie on the day they first met.
What is checkers?
This character was Janie's unwanted husband.
Who is Logan Killicks?
They said this quote, "And when Ah touch de match tuh dat lampwick let de light penetrate inside of yuh, and let it shine, let it shine, let it shine."
Who is Joe Starks?
Mrs. Turner hated people who were too ___this___ .
What is dark skinned/black.
This symbolizes the hopes and dreams people have that men either have given to them or give up on and women have to reach out and take for themselves.
What is the horizon?
This is what Tea Cake got that made him terminally ill.
This character is Janie's best friend.
Who is Pheoby Watson?
They said this quote, "Love is lak de sea. It's uh movin thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it's different with every shore."
Who is Janie Crawford/Killicks/Starks/Woods?
This is how much money Janie took with her when she ran off with Tea Cake.
What is $200?
This symbolizes the power of nature and that there are many aspects of our lives that are out of our control.
What is the hurricane?
This is what Joe Starks died from.
What is kidney failure?
This character slept through the hurricane.
Who is Motor Boat?
They said this quote, "Two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves."
Who is Janie Crawford/Killicks/Starks/Woods?
This is what Joe did for the first time when Janie burned his dinner.
What is hit her?
This symbolizes Janie's idealized view of love and desire, especially in her youth.
What is the pear tree?
This is the (type of) person who raped Nanny.
Who is a slave owner?
This character put Janie up in a "high chair."
They said this quote, "You got mo' nerve than me. Ah jus' couldn't see mahself married to no black man. It's too many black folks already."
Who is Mrs. Turner?
This was how Janie discovered that she was a different ethnicity from the children she played with.
What is a photograph/picture?
These symbolize Janie's changing feelings of living to work, being respected but separated from others, and working among others in order to actually experience life.
What are Janie's clothes?
This was Janie's nickname when she was a child.
What is Alphabet?
This character flirted with Tea Cake while he was married to Janie.
Who is Nunkie?