Vocabulary
Increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions.
What is cumulative?
She returns to Eatonville at the start of the novel, sparking gossip among the townspeople.
Who is Janie Crawford (Starks)?
The author of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
Janie's most noticeable feature.
What is Janie's hair?
This character was tall and lean. He had full, lazy eyes. He joked and laughed a lot.
Tea Cake
Extremely, sometimes excessively, careful about small details; precise.
What is meticulous?
She’s Janie’s loyal friend who brings her food and defends her from the townspeople’s judgment.
Who is Phoeby Watson?
The city and state Zora Neale Hurston grew up in.
What is Eatonville, Florida
Jody does this in response to Janie calling out his manhood in front of others.
What is Jody strikes Janie?
This was the only visible change in Janie that the townspeople noticed after Joe Starks’ funeral. This is symbolic of Janie's newfound freedom.
What is she stopped wearing the head rags and let her hair down?
To provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction.
What is goad?
This character is Janie’s grandmother who raised her and pressured her into marrying her first husband for security.
Who is Nanny?
Although she grew up in Florida, Hurston was born in this Southern U.S. state.
What is Alabama?
Jody made Janie do this to control her and to suppress her perceived sexuality.
What is keep her hair in rags/keep her hair up?
The main concerns that Janie had about getting into a relationship with Tea Cake.
What is he was young and poor and she was worried he wasn't serious about a relationship.
To satisfy fully or to excess
What is satiate?
He is Janie’s first husband, whom she leaves because he treats her more like a worker than a wife.
Who is Logan Killicks?
The stylistic speech pattern Hurston uses in Their Eyes Were Watching God.
What is Southern African American Dialect?
Nanny prays for Janie under this natural symbol, which also becomes a recurring image in Janie’s journey.
What is the oak tree?
This is why Tea Cake visited Janie so early in the morning to share his...
What is daytime thoughts to prove he was serious?
Fragile, easy to break.
What is frangible?
This Eatonville man, known for sitting on the porch and trading witty remarks with Lige Moss, is also Phoeby’s husband.
Who is Sam Watson?
Zora Neale Hurston was not only an author but also an expert in this academic field that studies human societies and cultures.
What is anthropology?
The townspeople hold a mock funeral for the mule, which mirrors Janie’s emotional state. What does the mule symbolize in this context?
What is the burden, oppression, and silent suffering that Janie endures in her marriage and by society?
This is what Janie feels after Jody's death.
What is relief/freedom?