The Major
Stuff (Themes, Motifs, Symbols)
Quote 'Em
Literary Devices
Places and Faces
Events
100
The __________ in the novel represented the destructive force of the world
What is Hurricane
100
"Ah done been tuh de horizon and back"
What is Janie
100
"She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net"
What is a simile
100
Novel begins and ends here
What is Eatonville
100
Caused Janie and Tea Cake to leave Belle Glade
What is the hurricane
200
Janie portrays this theme/motif throughout the majority of her marriage with Jody Starks?
What is silence
200
"Lawd!" "Ah done growed ten feet higher from jus' listenin' tuh you"
What is Pheoby
200
The novel is a _____ narrative
What is circular
200
______ wants Janie to marry right quickly
What is Nanny
200
What does Nunkie do that makes Janie jealous?
What is flirts with Tea Cake
300
A symbol of Janie's oppression
What is her hair
300
"Have some sympathy fuh me. Put me down easy, Janie, Ah'm a cracked plate."
What is Nanny
300
"It woke up old Okechobee and the monster began to roll in his bed"
What is personification
300
Who was Janie's first husband
What is Logan Killicks
300
What Janie ultimately does to Tea Cake
What is shoots him
400
Janie's peace with the world at the end of the novel represents the theme of ___________
What is self-actualization
400
"Ah jus' couldn't see mahself married to no black man. We outghta lighten up de race"
What is Mrs. Turner
400
"The more his back ached and his muscle dissolved into fat and the fat melted off his bones, the more fractious he became with Janie"
What is imagery
400
Where Tea Cake and Janie marry
What is Jacksonville
400
What is Tea Cake bitten by as he and Janie are fleeing Belle Glade?
What is a rabid dog
500
What is the symbol for what Janie hopes to become?
What is a pear tree
500
"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."
What is Janie
500
Combination of 1st and 3rd person narration
What is free indirect discourse
500
Janie fears that she will turn out like _____ ______ if her marriage with Tea Cake fails
What is Annie Tyler
500
What does Tea Cake do within the first few weeks of marrying Janie that makes her doubt their marriage?
What is steals her money
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