Teacake the Great
Vergible Woods, also known as “Teacake” in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, represents the best in human spirit. Teacake showed courage and bravery in the face of death while saving his beloved Janie. Teacake’s genuine sensitivity to others around him affected the other characters in the novel, especially Janie, who finally learned to give and receive love. Hurston’s novel deeply moves the reader by allowing the reader to see the world through Teacake’s noble eyes. When Teacake was introduced into Janie’s life, Janie was already widowed. Because Janie inherited money and position from her deceased husband, Joe, many suitors came to court her. And despite the “temptations”, Janie did not succumb to any of them. However, when Teacake arrived on the scene, he was different from all of them. It was apparent that Teacake loved Janie’s person and not the possessions that surrounded her. Although he acknowledged the fact that Janie possessed great wealth, he did not try to manipulate her in any way even after they married. Janie admitted one day that it “seemed as if she had
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Approximate Word count = 742
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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