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He is Janie's third husband, who gets bitten by a rabid dog.
Who is Tea Cake?
"Two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves."
Who is Janie?
Joe forces Janie to wear this item of clothing, which serves as a symbol of his controlling nature.
What is a head rag?
This town is based on the real-life town where Hurston lived, which was the first all-Black incorporated township in the country.
What is Eatonville?
Hurston died without much money and was initially buried in this way.
What is an unmarked grave?
She is Janie's best friend in Eatonville and listens to Janie tell her life story.
Who is Phoeby?
"'Tain't Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it's protection. Ah ain't gittin' old, honey. Ah'm done ole."
Who is Nanny?
This animal, like Janie, is mistreated and abused by the townspeople.
What is a mule?
Janie and Tea Cake spend two seasons in this place where everything was "big and new."
What is the Everglades (the muck)?
Hurston employs this literary device, which attempts to recreate the way language sounds aloud in written speech.
What is eye dialect?
She is fond of Janie because of her lighter skin and wants her to marry her brother.
Who is Mrs. Turner?
"Thank yuh fuh yo' compliments, but mah wife don't know nothin' 'bout no speech-makin'. Ah never married her for nothin' lak dat."
Who is Jody (Joe)?
These two things in nature seem to Janie like a vision of marriage: an partnership between two equals.
What is the pear tree and the bee?
Tea Cake and Janie first run away to this city in Florida, where Tea Cake gambles her money away.
What is Jacksonville?
This writer, known for her novel The Color Purple, helped bring attention back to Hurston in the 1970s.
Who is Alice Walker?
Janie gets jealous because Tea Cake flirts with this woman while they're in the muck.
Who is Nunkie?
"What she doin coming back here in dem overhalls Can't she find no dress to put on?—Where's dat blue satin dress she left here in?—Where all dat money her husband took and died and left her?"
Who are the townspeople?
This "monstropolous beast" represents how destructive nature can be and the role of fate in people's lives.
What is a hurricane?
This spot serves as a town gathering place for people to tell jokes and stories to one another.
What is a porch?
At Barnard, Hurston studied this subject, which is concerned with human culture and societies.
What is anthropology?
He owns an overworked mule that is the subject of many town jokes before it is bought by Jody.
Who is Matt Bonner?
"What is it dat keeps uh man from gettin' burnt on uh red-hot stove—caution or nature?"
"Shucks! Ah thought you had somethin' hard tuh ast me. Walter kin tell yuh dat."
Who are Lige and Sam?
Janie desperately wants to go to this place, which represents her desire for more than the narrow expectations her grandmother has for her.
What is the horizon?
When Tea Cake and Janie first start dating, he takes her to the movies in this Floridian city.
What is Orlando?
Their Eyes Were Watching God was originally published in this year.
What is 1937?