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Joe wanted to hide her hair so he can only see it

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That was because Joe never told Janie how jealous he was. He never told her how often he had seen the other men figuratively wallowing in it as she went about things in the store. And one night he had caught Walter standing behind Janie and brushing the back of his hand back and forth across the loose end of her braid ever so lightly so as to enjoy the feel of it without Janie knowing what he was doing. Joe was at the back of the store and Walter didn't see him. He felt like rushing forth with the meat knife and chopping off the offending hand. That night he ordered Janie to tie up her hair around the store. That was all. She was there in the store for him to look at, not those others. But he never said things like that. pg 55

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Janie hair represents her beauty

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Her hair is not what you might call straight. It's negro hair, but it's got a kind of white flavor. Like the piece of string out of a ham. It's not ham at all, but it's been around ham and got the flavor. It was spread down thick and heavy over her shoulders and looked just right under a big white hat. pg67

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Nanny believed that god brought Janie and Logan together

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"De Lawd will provide. He know Ah done bore de burden in de heat uh de day. Somebody done spoke to me 'bout you long time ago. Ah ain't said nothin' 'cause dat wasn't de way Ah placed you. Ah wanted yuh to school out and pick from a higher bush and a sweeter berry. But dat ain't yo' idea, Ah see." "Nanny, who—who dat been askin' you for me?" "Brother Logan Killicks. He's a good man, too." pg.13

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they were huddling during the hurricane

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They huddled closer and stared at the door. They just didn't use another part of their bodies, and they didn't look at anything but the door. The time was past for asking the white folks what to look for through that door. Six eyes were questioning God pg 159

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Joe brought Janie down

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"Uh woman by herself is uh pitiful thing," she was told over and again. "Dey needs aid and assistance. God never meant 'em tuh try tuh stand by theirselves. You ain't been used tuh knockin' round and doin' fuh yo'self, Mis' Starks. You been well taken keer of, you needs uh man." pg 90

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Janie is silenced by Joe

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"And now we'll listen tuh uh few words uh encouragement
from Mrs. Mayor Starks."
The burst of applause was cut short by Joe taking the floor
himself.
"Thank yuh fuh yo' compliments, but mah wife don't know
nothin' 'bout no speech-makin'. Ah never married her for
nothin' lak dat. She's uh woman and her place is in de home." pg 43

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Janie is no longer has freedom.

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"And now we'll listen tuh uh few words uh encouragement
from Mrs. Mayor Starks."
The burst of applause was cut short by Joe taking the floor
himself.
"Thank yuh fuh yo' compliments, but mah wife don't know
nothin' 'bout no speech-makin'. Ah never married her for
nothin' lak dat. She's uh woman and her place is in de home." pg 43

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Janie feels free from Joe

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"'Tain't dat Ah worries over Joe's death, Pheoby. Ah jus' loves dis freedom." "Sh-sh-sh! Don't let nobody hear you say dat, Janie. Folks will say you ain't sorry he's gone." "Let 'em say whut dey wants tuh, Pheoby. To my thinkin' mourning oughtn't tuh last no longer'n grief."  pg 93

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She doesn't like teacake because he's dark skin

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To her way of thinking all these things set her aside from Negroes. That was why she sought out Janie to friend with. Janie's coffee-and-cream complexion and her luxurious hair made Mrs. Turner forgive her for wearing overalls like the other women who worked in the fields. She didn't forgive her for marrying a man as dark as Tea Cake, but she felt that she could remedy that.  pg 140

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Slavery held her back

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"You know, honey, us colored folks is branches without roots and that makes things come round in queer ways. You in particular. Ah was born back due in slavery so it wasn't for me to fulfill my dreams of whut a woman oughta be and to do. Dat's one of de hold-backs of slaver pg 16

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The store will bring the town together

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"Yeah, uh store right heah in town wid everything in it you needs. 'Tain't uh bit uh use in everybody proagin' way over tuh Maitland tuh buy uh little meal and flour when they could git it right heah." "Dat would be kinda nice, Brother Starks, since you mention it." "I god, course it would! And then agin uh store is good in other ways. Ah got tuh have a place tuh be at when folks comes tuh buy land. And furthermo' everything is got tuh have uh center and uh heart tuh it, and uh town ain't no different from nowhere else. It would be natural fuh de store tuh be meetin' place fuh de town." "Dat sho is de truth, now." "Oh, we'll have dis town all fixed up tereckly. Don't miss bein' at de meetin' tuhmorrow."

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Joe wanted to build a community.

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He had always wanted to be a big voice, but de white folks had all de sayso where he come from and everywhere else, exceptin' dis place dat colored folks was buildin' theirselves. Dat was right too. De man dat built things oughta boss it. Let colored folks build things too if dey wants to crow over somethin'. pg 28

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Joe wanted to make his way through history

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he knowed dat was de place he wanted to be. He had always wanted to be a big voice, but de white folks had all de sayso where he come from and everywhere else, exceptin' dis place dat colored folks was buildin' theirselves. pg 28

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She will remember her history with teacake

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Tea Cake, with the sun for a shawl. Of course he wasn't dead. He could never be dead until she herself had finished feeling and thinking. The kiss of his memory made pictures of love and light against the wall. Here was peace. pg 193

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Teacake declares his love

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The next morning Janie asked like a woman, "You still love
ole Nunkie?"
"Naw, never did, and you know it too. Ah didn't want her."
"Yeah, you did." She didn't say this because she believed it.
She wanted to hear his denial. She had to crow over the fallen
Nunkie.
"Whut would Ah do wid dat lil chunk of a woman wid you
around? She ain't good for nothin' exceptin' tuh set up in uh corner
by de kitchen stove and break wood over her head. You'se
something tuh make uh man forgit tuh git old and forgit tuh die." pg 138

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Janie questions love

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Janie had had no chance to know things, so she had to ask. Did marriage end the cosmic loneliness of the unmated? Did marriage compel love like the sun the day? pg 21

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Joe gets power and uses that to belittle Janie

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Joe thinks the town is bad because no one is in power

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"Where is de Mayor?" Starks persisted. "Ah wants tuh talk wid him." "Youse uh mite too previous for dat," Coker told him. "Us ain't got none yit." "Ain't got no Mayor! Well, who tells y'all what to do?" "Nobody. Everybody's grown. And then agin, Ah reckon us just ain't thought about it. Ah know Ah ain't." "Ah did think about it one day," Hicks said dreamily, "but then Ah forgot it and ain't thought about it since then." "No wonder things ain't no better," Joe commented. pg 35

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Logan's fate is to be ugly

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"'Cause Ah hates de way his head is so long one way and so flat on de sides and dat pone uh fat back uh his neck." pg 24

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Nanny said it was fate that Logan wanted Janie

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"De Lawd will provide. He know Ah done bore de burden in de heat uh de day. Somebody done spoke to me 'bout you long time ago. Ah ain't said nothin' 'cause dat wasn't de way Ah placed you. Ah wanted yuh to school out and pick from a higher bush and a sweeter berry. But dat ain't yo' idea, Ah see." "Nanny, who—who dat been askin' you for me?" "Brother Logan Killicks. He's a good man, too." pg.13

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Us got
tuh incorporate, and us got tuh have uh mayor, if things is tuh be
done and done right. Ah welcome you all on behalf uh me and mah
wife tuh dis store and tuh de other things tub come. Amen."
Tony led the loud hand-clapping and was out in the center of
the floor when it stopped.
"Brothers and sisters, since us can't never expect tuh better
our choice, Ah move dat we make Brother Starks our Mayor until
we kin see further."
"Second dat motion!!!" It was everybody talking at once, so
it was no need of putting it to a vote.
"And now we'll listen tuh uh few words uh encouragement
from Mrs. Mayor Starks."
The burst of applause was cut short by Joe taking the floor
himself.
"Thank yuh fuh yo' compliments, but mah wife don't know
nothin' 'bout no speech-makin'. Ah never married her for
nothin' lak dat. She's uh woman and her place is in de home." pg 43