Characters
Who is Janie Crawford?
She is the protagonist who tells her life story.
What is Eatonville?
An all-Black town in Florida where Janie lived.
Why is Nature such a common visual through-out the movie?
It connects with Janie personally and symbolizes an uncontrollable force in life.
What does the pear tree stand for?
Janie's ideal vision of love.
Who is Logan Killicks?
Janie's first husband chosen by her grandmother.
Who is Joe (Jody) Starks?
Janie's second husband who becomes mayor of Eatonville.
What is Florida?
A state in North America, where the novel takes place.
Janie's journey is largely centered around finding this in her relationships.
Love/True Love.
Janie's hair represents what, when she was told to tie it up?
Freedom, Individuality.
Joe forces Janie to do what with her hair and why?
To tie it up, because she was gaining a lot of attention.
Who is Phoebe Watson?
Janie's best friend who listens to her story.
What are the Everglades (the muck)?
The agricultural region where Janie and Tea Cake works.
Janie struggles against this societal expectation placed on women.
Gender roles, Oppression of Women.
Granny compares a black women, to what animal?
A mule.
What things do Tea Cake teach Janie how to do?
Play checkers, shoot a gun/fish.
Who is Vergible Woods?
Janie's third husband, aka Tea Cakes.
The natural disaster that devastates the Everglades.
The Hurricane.
The novel highlights this type of independence Janie gains.
Emotional and Financial Independence.
The Hurricane represents what?
Natures power, or Human Helplessness.
The disease that killed Tea Cake after the hurricane.
Rabies.
Who is Granny?
Janie's strict grandmother who wants her marry security.
Where does Janie return too, and in what state?
She returns to Eatonville with no money and torn up, without Tea Cake, but finds peace and acceptance from her past.
The concept of discovering personal voice and identity.
Self-Discovery.
The horizon represents..?
Janies dreams and possibilities.
What happens to Tea Cake, and how does it effect Janie?
Tea Cake is killed by Janie (out of self defense), and she is put on trial for it.