Characters
Who is the mayor of Eatonville?
Who is Jodie Starks?
Represents how chaotic the world can be
What is the hurricane?
"Ah don’t mean to bother wid tellin’ ‘em nothin’, Pheoby. ‘Tain’t worth the trouble. You can tell ‘em what I say if you wants to. Dat’s just de same as me ‘cause mah tongue is in mah friend’s mouf."
Who is Janie?
This theme is what the novel is based on; the journey in which Janie sets forth to find
What is Love? (baby don't hurt me...)
What's the capitol of Florida?
What is Tallahassee?
Who is the first man that Janie marries?
Who is Logan Killicks?
Symbolizes life and all of its possibilities
What is the horizon?
“Ah told you in de very first beginnin’ dat Ah aimed tuh be uh big voice. You oughta be glad, ‘cause dat makes uh big woman outa you.”
Who is Jodie?
What theme does Ms. Turner's relationship with Janie embody?
What is Colorism/Racism?
What's a common Southern drink?
What is Sweet Tea?
The woman who likes Janie for her light complexion and wants her to marry her brother
Who is Mrs. Turner
Symbol of victimization and reflects how black women are being mistreated
What is the mule?
“Come help me move dis manure pile befo’ de sun gits hot. You don’t take a bit of interest in dis place. ‘Taint no use in foolin’ round in dat kitchen all day long.”
Who is Logan?
What does Jodie and Jane's relationship represent?
What is power and domination?
What's a classic southern dish?
What is grits and biscuits?
The owner of the mule?
Who is Matt Bonner?
Symbolizes a connection between oneself and the natural world
What is the pear tree?
“Janie is wherever Ah wants tuh be. Dat’s de kind uh wife she is and Ah love her for it.”
Who is Tea Cake?
Gradually, Janie finds this through the relationships she has with Nanny, Logan Killicks, Joe Starks, and Tea Cake Woods. Janie does not realize it until the end of the novel and after Tea Cake's death.
What is independence?
What's the name of French African Americans living in Louisiana?
What is Creole?
Tea Cake's friends on the muck (name at least 3)
Who is Motor Boat, Stew Beef, Sop-de-Bottom, Coodemay, Ed Dockery, Bootyny, Sterrett, and 'Lias?
Symbolizes Janie’s ability to overcome her submissiveness that her past two husbands forced on her
What is checkers?
'Put me down easy Janie, Ah'm a cracked plate'
Who is Nanny?
What is the theme is shown in the book as not merely an end but also a start of a new beginning? (Think about what Janie is returning from at the beginning of the story)
What is mortality?
Is "bless your heart" an insult or a compliment?
What is an insult?