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Voodoo and Catholicism influenced Hurston. How would you describe Hurston’s idea of religion in the novel?

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1. When Tea Cake abuses Janie, it's described as him whipping her when he is actually hitting or slapping her. He later explains his reasoning as being that it reassures his jealousy by asserting is control over Janie. And that it shows others like the Turners that is the boss in the relationship. Although there isn't any mention of Janie's thoughts on it.

2. The community's perception of Tea Cake and Janie's relationship seems to be that they all praise their relationship as being ideal. The men admire Tea Cakes control over Janie, as well as her devotion or loyalty to Tea Cake. While the women admire Tea Cakes affection towards Janie. The expected roles of the community seems to contribute to this perception because it seems that ideal relationships involve the men being in control or dominant.

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1. Tea Cake whips Janie to assert his dominance. He is worried about Mrs. Turner's brother and he wants to show her that she is his. It is actually 50 Shades type stuff but it's fine. Tea Cake would explain is as showing her who's boss and that he is dominant. Janie thinks it's a sign of affection and she loves him still. She doesn't run away or anything like the girl in 50 Shades did so shes a strong woman that deals with stupid stuff from men and that's stupid but it's her life. Whatever.
2. The community is jealous of this relationship. The men wish their women would let them beat them up and whip them and the women wish that their men would hit them and then be all sweet to them. The community thinks that they are #RelationshipGoals. Expected roles make this relationship more acceptable because men are supposed to assert their dominance and be better than women. Women are supposed to love their man and serve him and let him show his dominance.

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Well Tea Cake gives her the business first. He beats her up and whips her. Tea Cake does this to show how serious he is about his worry for the brother of Mrs. Turner. He wants to make sure the Turner's who's boss. She thinks it's fine she holds him to like a whole different level, holding him on a pedestal even after he beats her.
The Turner guy thinks it's hot because they're super sexual and weird like Abby. The community is jealous though wanting their relationships to be as intense as Janie's are. The perception that the men are the dominate ones in the relationship lead to this and both parties in the relationship want this.

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1.) Tea Cake hits Janie in order to show that he's in charge, hitting her and slapping her. Janie likes these actions kind of because she thinks is a sign of affection. Tea Cake continues these actions because he thinks he needs to show that he's dominant over her because she's just a woman.
2.) The guys think that it's hot basically and it makes him look good basically. They are jealous of him saying how the other girls usually fight back I guess. So that's nice and normal behavior apparently because men HAVE to assert the dominance over women!

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1.) When Tea Cake abuses Janie, she just handles it and isn't really bothered by it. Tea Cake uses violence because he feels threatened by Mrs. Turner's brother so he beats her to show that he still controls Janie. Tea Cake pampers Janie afterwards and she doesn't really care that he beat her, kinda like she is okay with it. Tea Cake would most likely explain that the reason he abused Janie was to show that he cared for her and doesn't want her to leave him.
2.) The community seems to be envious of Tea Cake's control over Janie. They don't really seem bothered by the fact that a man beat his wife. During that time period it was just basically men asserting their dominance and property over their wife's.

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1. When Tea Cake abuses Janie is it described as having left marks where the public can see, most likely her face or arms. Tea Cake does this because he's jealous, not because he's mad at Janie, but because he's mad at the idea of Janie being with Mrs. Turner's brother. Tea Cake wants to show everyone the control he has within the relationship. It doesn't say what Janie thinks of it just that she didn't fight back or scream.
2. The community envies their relationship even more after the abuse. The men want to be able to slap their wives without them fighting back or screaming, and it seems like the men would want the honor of slapping Janie. The expected roles within a relationship are that the man is the dominant and the controlling force and the woman just goes along with whatever the man wants. That is a man's dream relationship and that is the reality of relationships before woman's rights.

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1) Tea Cake whips Janie in order to show his control over her. Displaying how she is his possession in front of the other man. Showing his insecurities and his fear of losing her to another man. When Janie doesn't listen to him about ending her friendship with Mrs. Turner she denies him control and power which he tries to display and gain by beating her. Janie did not think much of the beating trying to understand why he did it.
2) The community accepts and goes as far as envying the abuse Tea Cake inflicts on Janie. Janie does not fight back or make a fuss about the abuse. Back then it was the men who were dominant over the women who were expected to obey their husbands. Who had both power and control over them, which he reasserted over her.

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1. When Tea Cake physically abuses Janie, it assures him that she belongs to him and that he is the dominant partner in the relationship. He uses violence because he is jealous of Mrs. Turner's brother. Janie has spent a lot of time with Mrs. Turner, so Tea Cake worries that he will lose Janie to somebody else. Tea Cake uses violence because he is insecure and has trouble trusting Janie to be loyal to him. Tea Cake explains this abuse as a coping mechanism for his worry that Janie will leave him. Janie doesn't think much of this abuse, as she downplays it and doesn't acknowledge how wrong it is. Janie's reaction was to accept the beatings because she believed that Tea Cake was hurting her out of love.
2. The community perceives Janie and Tea Cake's relationship in a positive manner. People envied their relationship for how loved Janie was. The men desired a woman like Janie because she didn't fight back against Tea Cake like the other wives who were loud or would try to not get beaten. These men admired Janie for staying with Tea Cake despite the marks he left on her body. The definition of love for Janie is warped, as she would have stood up for herself if she understood that love and abuse do not go hand in hand. Janie's previous relationship gave her no independence, so when she is whipped by Tea Cake she doesn't comprehend that it shouldn't be happening in a loving marriage.

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1. When Tea Cake physically abuses Janie he does it to show his dominance over her. He uses violence against Janie because Mrs. Turner wants Janie to marry her brother and he is scared of losing Janie to him. Tea Cake would say that he had every right to beat her because he wants to show her that she is his possession. Janie doesn't care that he beat her and never fought back against his abuse.
2. The community is envious of Tea Cake and Janie's relationship after the abuse. The community accepts this because in that time period it was completely normal and acceptable for a man to beat a women in their relationship to show dominance over them.

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1. When Tea Cake abuses Janie the rest of the town becomes jealous of their relationship. Tea Cake does this because he wants to show his dominance in the relationship to the rest of the town and especially towards Miss Turner. Janie thought of the beating as affection from Tea Cake and didn't try to defend herself.

2. The community becomes jealous of their relationship because Janie didn't fight back and Tea Cake is able to show his dominance. The expected roles of women being passive and men being dominant is shown here

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1.Tea Cake is abusive towards Janie because he is jealous of Mrs.Turners brothers presence in town and beats Janie to show that he is still in control of her and their relationship. Even though he does this to her he pampers her afterwords and she seems to hold no hard feelings towards her.

2.The men in the community see the violence between Janie and Tea Cake and they are envious that he has that much control and power he has over her. The expected rolls within relationship of love contribute to the perception of this because it is expected that the man should be in charge while the woman should be submissive and follow orders.

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1. Tea Cake slaps Janie around but doesn't beat her up too bad. Tea Cake is starting to get jealous and wants to show that he is still in charge and that he is still the boss. Tea Cake says that he only beat Janie to prove a point to the Turner family who is boss. Janie doesn't really have any hard feelings towards him after so she must be fine with it.
2. The men of the community envy Tea Cake because he has control over Janie and the other men don't have control of their wives. At that time the men were always in control of the relationship, so it was normal at that time for this to happen so nobody thought anything of it.

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1) Tea Cake physically abuses Janie to show that he still is "in charge". The strange thing is that Janie doesn't show any resistance. She doesn't fight back at all. The grotesque part about the situation is the community envies their situation. He treats her like gold, yet he hits her. This shows Tea Cake's insecurities as an individual. He is incredibly threatened by other men in the community and he is worried that Janie will find another.
2)The novel says that their situation created envy from other man and women in the community. In relationships men are expected to have all the power.  Women are supposed to take what the man says and do it, Especially in this time period. The men are jealous that they can't treat their wife like the way Tea Cake treats Janie. They want to be able to abuse their wives and not have them fight back or threaten to leave. Personally, I am disappointed in Janie that she doesn't stick up for herself and defend herself. I don't understand how she could be happy in this relationship.

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Tea Cake beats Janie due to his jealousy of Mrs. Turners' brother and to show that he still controls her. He tries to make up for it by pampering her after. He rationalizes his abuse by not doing it because Janie deserved it but to show Mrs. Turners' brother that he owns Janie, he is very possessive and treats her like an object and the community is jealous of it. Janie doesn't show and type of resistance towards the abuse and lets it happen she's convinced hes doing it out of love. The community is jealous of Tea Cakes hold and power over Janie and doesn't think it's a bad thing.