QUOTES
Plot
QUOTES
CHARACTERS
SYMBOLS
100
"Somebody got to think for women and chillun and chickens and cows. I god, they sho don't think none theirselves."
What is Jody telling the townspeople why men need to be in charge, and why women cannot have the power.
100
Give examples of Janie growing at the end of her marriage with Jody.
What is Janie pretending to mourn, etc.
100
“Janie, Ah hope God may kill me, if Ah'm lyin'. Nobody else on earth kin hold uh candle tuh you, baby. You got de keys to de kingdom.”
What is Tea Cake complimenting Janie. He is saying that he is under Janie's power.
100
This person married young because of her grandmother and left her husband for another man. After her second lover passed away, she finally met her true love.
Who is Janie
100
"When Janie Meets Johny Taylor, Hurston uses the symbol the______ to represent the "golden dust of pollen"
What are the bees
200
"So when we looked at de picture and everybody got pointed out there wasn't nobody left except a real dark little girl with long hair standing by Eleanort. Sat's where Ah wuz s'posed to be, but Ah couldn't recognize dat dark chile as me. So Ah ast, 'where is me? Ah don't see me.' “
What is Janie discussing the first time she realized that she was not white. She grew up with a white family and this has impacted her social behavior.
200
Give one element of Janie's sexuality that is described by the pear tree - connect it to one of the men
What is Answers may vary
200
"Humph! don’t ‘spect all dat tuh keep up. He [Logan] ain’t kissin’ yo’ mouf when he carry on over yuh lak dat. He’s kissin’ yo’ foot and ‘tain’t in uh man tuh kiss foot long. Mouf kissin’ is on uh equal and dat’s natural but when dey got to bow down tuh love, dey soon straightens up."
What is Nanny explaining that marriage isn't about the man constantly comforting or doing everything for you. Love is about equality and equality means sharing the work load.
200
This person is in love with an older woman named Janie, but people never really trusted that he loved her until he slapped her, making Janie seem as if she were his property.
Who is Tea Cake
200
"She was Stretched on her back beneath the ________ soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her."
What is the Pear tree
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
How do the Native Americans react to the hurricane and how do Janie's friends (muck dwellers) react
What is the Natives leave and the muck dwellers look down on the Natives and think they can survive it.
300
”He could be a bee to a blossom – a pear tree blossom in the spring. He seemed to be crushing scent out of the world with his footsteps. Crushing aromatic herbs with every step he took. Spices hung about him. He was a glance from God."
What is Janie discussing Tea Cake and bringing reference to the symbol of her sexual maturity. It implies that Tea Cake is her true love.
300
This person likes/only talks to Janie because Janie is light skinned and looks less like an African American. She thinks she is better than every other African American because she has "white features" such as small lips and a flat bottom.
Who is Mrs. Turner
300
This symbol is an image of the light of of the corner of the earth. It begins and concludes day and night
What is The Horizon
400
The way he petted and pampered her as if those two or three face slaps had nearly killed her made the women see visions and the helpless way she hung on him made the men dream dreams.
What is the Narrator discussing the interaction between Tea Cake and Janie. He is commenting on how Tea Cake fawns over Janie after he hits her.
400
What does Janie do to the gun?
What is she moves the bullets in the chamber
400
"Naw. We been tuhgether round two years. If you kin see de light at daybreak, you don't keer if you die at dusk. It's so many people never see de light at all. Ah wuz fumblin' round and God opened de door."
What is Janie explaining the importance of living's one life and having different experiences. Janie is implying that she has no regrets because she actually lived.
400
She pretty much forces Janie to get married because she feels that Janie cannot take care of herself after she passes away. She dies soon after Janie marries Logan.
Who Janie's grandmother?
400
Janie's _____ represents her femininity and freedom. It is her identity, her unique tribute as a beautiful woman. Starks, on the other hand, see's it as a symbol of male power defiance.
What is Hair
500
"But nothing can't stop you from wishin'. You can't beat nobody down so low till you can rob 'em of they will."
What is Nanny discussing how difficult it is to break the human spirit
500
What is one significance of the title?
What is Answers will vary :-)
500
"Naw, Ah needs two mules dis yeah. Taters is goin' tuh be taters in de fall. Bringin' in big prices. Ah aims tuh run two plows, and dis man Ah'm talkin' 'bout is got uh mule all gentled up so even uh woman kin handle ‘im.”
What is Logan discussing why Janie needs to work and why he needs to buy another mule.
500
He first seems to love Janie a lot but according to nature they didnt quite click. He began to be demanding of what kind of woman he wanted Janie to be and of what a mayor's wife should be like.
Who is Jody Starks?
500
This is the symbol of the powerful fury of nature, the lack of control that humans have over their lives, and the opposite reflection of the pear tree.
What is The Hurricane
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