Janie began to live again after the death of her husband Joe and her marriage with Tea Cake. Tea Cake wanted her to be who she really was and not be one of the "do not speak unless you are spoken to" women. Tea Cake took Janie with him when he went hunting, fishing, the movies, or a dance and that was something that she had never done with Joe. "It was so crazy digging worms by lamp light and setting out for Lake Sabelia after midnight that she felt like a child breaking rules. That's why she liked it" (Chapter 11). Janie is saying that she had so much fun doing things that she usually wasn'

The time between Joe's death and Janie's marriage to Tea Cake changed her significantly. Her outlook on life, her independence, and her views of love changed drastically during this time in her life.

t aloud to do and that it made her feel young again. To her life was great again. "Her soul crawled out from its hiding place" (Chapter 13). Tea Cake brought out the real her and she didn't have to hide anymore.

Janie became more independent after Joes death. He wasn't there for her to depend on and live off of. She had to make her own decisions and she liked it. She didn't have to wear the scarf on her head anymore and she could work and close the store whenever she wanted. " Before she slept the night of Joes death she burnt all of her head rags and went about the house the next morning with her hair in one thick braid swinging well below her waist" (Chapter 9). This shows a lot of independence in her right away. She was going to be how she wanted to be and wasn't going to l

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