Theme
What universal idea/theme is the driving force of the novel?
WHAT IS: Love
Main Character; Searching for love
WHO IS: Janie
First all-black town in Florida; Joe is the leader
WHAT IS: Eatonville
This body part represents a woman's beauty, pride, and self-expression. Something Janie had to hide at one point in her life.
WHAT IS: A woman's/Janie's hair
The person who kills Teacake
WHO IS: Janie
The universal idea/theme that is represented by Janie letting her hair down; she feels like she is lacking this with Joe
WHAT IS: Freedom
Gives Janie life advice; cracked plate
WHO IS: Nanny
The man that symbolizes the Pear Tree for Janie; she left Eatonville with him
WHO IS: Teacake
This item represents Eatonville's progress toward becoming an established town.
WHAT IS: The street lamp
WHAT IS: a guitar, a dinner, and a repeated bribe to prevent "ugly women" from partaking in his party.
The thematic value that Nanny prioritizes for Janie's love life.
WHAT IS: Security
Janie's first kiss
WHO IS: Johnny Taylor
This is where Janie ends up after leaving Eatonville
WHAT IS: The Muck/The Everglades
This represented Tea Cake's perception of Janie being an intellectual equal.
WHAT IS:The game of checkers.
Eatonville comedic relief that tried to hit on Janie even though she was with Joe at the time.
WHAT IS: Amos Hicks
A thematic term representing the ingrained prejudice against women/femininity.
WHAT IS: Misogyny
Flirts with Teacake and makes Janie jealous
WHO IS: Nunkie
Dangerous disease that drives Teacake crazy
WHAT IS: Rabies
Symbolizes Janie's sexual awakening
WHAT IS: The Pear Tree
The person that Janie is telling the story
WHO IS: Phoeby
DAILY DOUBLE(1000 POINTS): Tea Cake expresses this important aspect of romantic relationships, that which was absent in Janie's marriages with Logan and Joe. It starts with the letter "I".
WHAT IS: Intimacy
Person who makes Janie reevaluate her self worth; self centered; creator of Eatonville
WHO IS: Joe Starks
The reason why this story is considered a "circular narrative".
WHAT IS: The plot ending where it began.
The natural event related to Janie's statement "I'm watching God."
WHAT IS: A hurricane
Ships at a distance...(finish the quote)
WHAT IS: Have every man's wish on board