Characters
Symbols
Phrases
Plot
Miscellaneous
100
Janie's best friend who she tells her life story to.
Phoeby
100
Represents her strength, her expression of freedom unless it is bound up.
Janie's hair
100
" Tain't Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it's protection."
Nanny
100
Another name for the muck, where Tea Cake and Janie lived
Everglades
100
How much money was Janie carrying when she ran off with Tea Cake?
200
200
Goes by the name of an old, popular snack, Janie's "mentor" in the heroine process.
Tea Cake
200
Represents sturdiness and perseverance, power and authority like Joe Starks, Janie's house is built around it.
Oak Tree
200
"Gal, you sho look good. You looks like youse yo' own daughter."
Phoeby
200
What causes Joe to become sick?
A rabid dog bite
200
What is Joe's job in the glades?
Picking beans
300
Joe's pupil, runs the store when Janie is out doing stuff after Joe's death
Hezekiah
300
Symbolizes love, forgiveness, what a true relationship should be (a give and take).
Tea Cake
300
"Love is lak de sea. It's a movin' thing, but still and all, it takes shape from de shore it meets..."
Janie Crawford
300
When the town realizes that Janie can speak, that she is a gifted orator.
When Joe buys the donkey to let it live freely
300
What is the first tell tale sign of rabies?
The inability to swallow water
400
The man who travels with Tea Cake and Janie when they are trying to flee the hurricane, stays behind to sleep in the house.
Ole Motor
400
Represents fertility, growth, new opportunity as well as diversity.
Everglades
400
"Where is de Mayor? Ah wants tuh talk wid hem."
Joe Starks
400
What made Janie aware that she was black and not white?
A picture of herself
400
What time frame does the novel take place in?
Late 1930's-1940's
500
The man who caused Janie to have to put her hair up because Joe gets jealous.
Walter
500
Represents her leaving her past behind, forgetting the bad but remembering the lessons she has learned.
Shadow behind her as she ascends the stairs
500
"L-l-less we strack a compermise, Brother Mayor. Less m-make it ten."
Matt Bonner
500
Why does Janie bury Tea Cake in Palm Beach?
The Everglades lie to low near the water level
500
What is the name of the boy that Janie kisses that causes her to get married to Logan Killicks?
Johnny Taylor
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