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Janie's journey throughout Their Eyes Were Watching God  has been about her steadily gaining voice as the novel went on. In the beginning, Janie was married to Logan and then Joe, who controlled her to the point where she wasn't happy with her life. Her grandmother, Nanny, told her what to do as well. In the middle of the novel, Janie finally realized that she needed to live a life that she wanted. She didn't want to constantly take orders anymore. After Joe passed away and she married Tea Cake, who loved her for who she was, she seemed to be the happiest she'd ever been. This was one part of the novel where she had the most voice. When the hurricane happened, Tea Cake caught a disease that consumed his entire state of mind. He was very hostile and slightly abusive towards Janie. Janie realized that she couldn't let Tea Cake live like he was anymore. She took it upon herself to kill Tea Cake, because he was not the Tea Cake that she knew and loved anymore. This is very similar to Willy Loman in Death of A Salesman.  Willy was not himself anymore, and he knew that he was disappointing his family. This was evident when Linda, his wife, said "He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid." He killed himself so his wife and children would not suffer because of him anymore. In conclusion, Janie gained her voice when she married Tea Cake, because he was not controlling her nearly as much as her two previous husbands. She was finally able to live her life in the way she desired.

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I never thought it would come to this. My true love, Tea Cake. I killed you for your own sake.

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I never thought it would come to this. My true love, Tea Cake. I killed you for your own sake.

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“She had wanted him to live so much and he was dead. No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep. Janie held his head tightly to her breast and wept and thanked him wordlessly for giving her the chance for loving service.” (184)

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Mrs. Turner can't make me hate my own race.

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Mrs. Turner can't make me hate my own race.

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“They don’t worry me atall, Mis’ Turner. Fact about de thing is, they tickles me wid they talk.” (140)

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I can't let Joe die without him knowing how I truly feel. I did not deserve this.

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I can't let Joe die without him knowing how I truly feel. I did not deserve this.

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“All dis bowin’ down, all dis obedience under yo’ voice--dat ain’t whut Ah rushed off down de road tuh find out about you.” (87)

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I can voice my own opinions when I disagree with people. 

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I can voice my own opinions when I disagree with people. 

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“Sometimes God gits familiar wid us womenfolks too and talks His inside business...It’s so easy to make yo’ self out God Almighty when you ain’t got nothin’ tuh strain against but women and chickens.”  (75)

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Since Nanny passed away, I am done being told what to do. I'm going to live my own way. 

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Since Nanny passed away, I am done being told what to do. I'm going to live my own way. 

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“Dis is uh love game. Ah done lived Grandma’s way, now Ah means tuh live mine.” (114)

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Before, Ah had it a lil' different than now:

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Before, Ah had it a lil' different than now:

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This is my own life. I will live it how I want to.

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This is my own life. I will live it how I want to.

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I'm sick of being told what to do by Nanny, Logan, and Joe.

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I'm sick of being told what to do by Nanny, Logan, and Joe.

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