Characters
Romantic conflict caused by this character actually strengthened the bond between Janie and Teacake
Who is Nunkie
Fill in the blanks: “She knew now that __________ did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a _____________”
marriage
woman
What character establishes the "voice" motif, and paraphrase the quote where that occurs.
What is Joe Starks, when he says he "means to be a 'big voice' and Janie should appreciate him for that."
This caused the end of Janie's childhood
The kiss with Johnny Taylor
Paraphrase the following, and explain the context it is taken from: "Put me down easy, Janie, Ah'm a cracked plate."
Do what I ask please, I'm not long for this world AND When Nanny is convincing Janie to marry Logan Killicks
What rumor accounts for Joe not eating Janie's food and for him moving into another room of the house?
Janie has been trying to poison Joe
This motif results in the dehumanization of people, especially women in the novel.
What is the mule motif
When Janie considers leaving with Tea Cake, she is warned that she may end up like this woman.
Who is Annie Taylor
Who says this and to whom? “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.”
Janie says it to Phoeby
Kidney failure finished Joe off, but what caused the psychological / emotional down spiral that preceded his physical demise?
Janie emasculating him in public
How much of Janie's money did Tea Cake abscond with, AND what food did he buy with it?
200$ --Chicken and Macaroni
In Janie's view of the world, love, and the soul, who cut humans into tiny pieces, and for what reason?
Angels - Jealousy
The un-official, de facto leader of Eatonville
Who is Tony Taylor
What specific scene from Janie's past is evoked here,
It was her image of Jody tumbled down and shattered. But looking at it she saw that it never was the flesh and blood figure of her dreams. Just something she had grabbed up to drape her dreams over.
The Pear tree awakening
Janie breaks her silence on the store porch to say this
To tell the men on the porch that they don’t know as much about women as they think they do and they aren't so tough if they only "go against" women and chickens.
What symbolic item of Tea Cake's did Janie bring with her from the Muck to Eatonville?
A packet of seeds.
Interpret the image behind Janie's departure from Logan's farm: "The morning road air was like a new dress. That made her feel the apron tied around her waist. She untied it and flung it on a low bush beside the road and walked on, picking flowers and making a bouquet."
Morning--rebirth/ new start ; air--dress, fresh new identity; apron reference--putting domesticity behind her; flowers--celebration / gift
Perhaps a representation of fate, but certainly of fortune, this character didn't do much to survive the hurricane.
Motor Boat
Who says this about whom: “So long as they get a name to gnaw on they don’t are whose it is, and what about, ‘specially if they can make it sound like evil.”
Pheoby--the porchsitters
Interpret this line taken from the hurricane scene: "The monstropolous beast had left his bed."
Floodwaters of the Okeechobee are personified here as the dam or dike holding them back has failed.
Explain the wind and the grass metaphor as it pertains to the development of Eatonville
Joe is the wind, townspeople are the grass. People bend to his will. Both benefit, Joe for his sense of self and the townspeople's town is improved.
What did Janie wear to Tea Cake's funeral, and explain the symbolism there compared to what she wore to Joe's funeral.
(Dirty) overalls, compared to the black clothes she wore to Joe's, the overalls represent the authenticity of her feelings for Tea Cake compared to the "social performance" of her feelings for Joe's death.