made Janie feel special with his words, but proved it as well by taking her fishing, hunting,

to the movies, dancing, gardening with her, and other "signs of possession" (105). For a

while, Janie and Tea Cake worked the fields together. For the first time in her life, Janie is

enjoying life. She says "...we ain't got nothin' tuh do but do our work and come home and

love" (127). Eventually Tea Cake dies and Janie goes back to Eatonville. From her

marriage with Tea Cake, Janie experienced love. This is something she believes very few

people have experienced. Janie's marriage with Tea Cake finishes her development as a

This is where Tea Cake comes into the picture. Janie met Tea Cake not long after the

death of her second husband. She fell in love, real love, love that she waited her whole life

for. Tea Cake was truly different from other men, he was loving and caring, and he did

not ask anything in return but to be loved. He showed Janie that it is traditional male

attitudes toward women that keep them in their su

Cake because he was carefree; he was not caught up in the social or political roles than

mama did, eh? Mah ole head ain't gray enough. My back ain't bowed enough to suit

Janie to marry Logan Killicks, but according to Janie "he look like some ole skull-head in

Nanny's dream (Nanny was how Janie called her grandmother) was for Janie to attain a

"the vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree". Nanny told Janie "So you

After a while Janie and Tea Cake left town to get away from the image the people still

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Approximate Word count = 762
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)