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"the young girl was gone, but a handsome woman had taken her place. she tore off the kerchief from her head and let down her plentiful hair. the weight, the length, the glory was there."

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this quote represents how Janie has now aged. she lets down her hair which symbolizes her youth and attractiveness which is still alive. it is set free when Joe dies showing how her life is no longer under his rule

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"Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches"

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this quote explains the meaning of the pear tree to Janie

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"here nanny had taken the biggest thing God had ever made, the horizon- for no matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you- and pinched it in to such a little bit of a thing that she could tie it around her granddaughters neck tight enough to choke her."

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this explains how nanny took endless possibilities and strangled janie with them. nanny took janies dreams and aspirartions from her

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"work all day for money. fight all night for love."

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life is nothing but trying to reach some goal. money and love.

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" we done made up our mind tuh marry

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janie and teacake share a real love. janies first. now theyre going to get married.

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"no matter what jody did, she said nothing. she had learned how to talk some and leave some she was a rut in the road. plenty of life beneath the surface but beaten down by the wheels."

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janie was silenced by joe. he obviously thought women were inferior which is why he kept her quiet and out of the way. Jainie took it and accepted the way joe made her feel.

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" naw, jody, ah come heah tuh talk widja and ahm goin tuh do it too. its for the both of our sakes ahm talking."

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in this quote janie takes her last chance to stand up to joe. he cant leave he while hes dying in bed so she serves him her words and he has to take it. janie finally voices her concerns to him about how they've been living.

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"it was after the picnic that the town began to notice things and got mad. teacake and mrs. mayor starks!"

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the town thinks that janie is starting to fool around with other men too soon after joes death. the town also tinks a high class woman like janie shouldt be messing with broke teacake. they think hes after her money.

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"What dat ole forty year ole 'oman doin' wid her hair swingin down her back lak some young gal?"

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"half gods are worshiped in wine and flowers. real gods require blood."

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this quote shows how the author feels about religion

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"when god had made the man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. then after that some angels got jealous and chopped him into millions of pieces, but still he glittered and hummed."

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this quote shows how strong God made the man. man can withstand anything and still remain. its odd that angels got jealous because that is not typical behavior of angels

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" janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in the back yard. she had been spending every minute that she could steal from her chores under that tree for the last three days."

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ever since janie was a child shes had a strong connection with the pear tree. it represents herself. as a child it blossomed like herself.

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this quote shows that hair represents youth and how attractive a girl can be. its something that can be shown off to attract the boys. this quote shows a woman too old to be trying to attract guys, showing off her hair.

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" he just slapped her around a bit to show show he was boss"

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tea cake whipped janie to provide stability in himself. he needed to make sure she was his because he was jealous the turner brother was going to steal her away.

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" he slapped janie until she had a ringing sound in her ears and told her about her brains before he stalked on back to the store."

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joe was unhappy with the way dinner was made that night so he hit janie so she makes sure dinner is perfect every night. he tells her shes below him so he feels powerful.

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"she didnt forgive her for marrying a man as dark as teacake, but she felt that she could remedy that. thats what her and her brother were born for. she seldom stayed long when she found teacake was at home."

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mrs. turner is racist. she doesnt like tecake because hes dark. she only likes janie because shes light. mrs turner herself has white features. she thinks that makes her better than everyone darker than her.

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"'booker T.? he wuz a great big man, wusnt he?' ' sposed tuh be. all he ever done was cut de monkey for white folks"

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booker T Washington was a historical figure in black history. he belived that if black people kept their head down and proceeded with how things were, they would eventually get their rights. he opted not to take forceful action and demand rights.

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"since teacake and janie had friended with the bahaman workers in the glades, they, the 'saws', had been gradually drawn into the american crowd. they quit hiding out to hold their dances when they found that their american friends didnt laugh at them as they feared"

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Janie and teacake take to a new crowd in the glades. they feel accepted into the community but sometimes not. all that matters is that they have a group where they live. they do fire dances and sta up really late.

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"that big ole dawg with the hatred in its eyes had killed her after all. she wished she had slipped off the cow tail and drowned right then and there and been done. but to kill her through tea cake was too much to bear"

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in the end janie was destined to loose a part of herself. she lost teacake.

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"teacake, the son of the evening sun, had to die for loving her"

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teacake was destined to die when he realized he loved janie. if you love someone youd die for them.

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"look lak dey think god dont know nothin bout de jim crow law"

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jim crow laws separated the races in public places.

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" ni****, whats yo baby doin wid grey eyes and yaller hair?' she begin tuh slap mah jaws ever which a'way"

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the slave owners wife went to check up on nanny's baby. once she saw she was mixed it infuriated her knowing she has been with a white man. the first word in the quote is racist.

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""before she slept that night she burnt up every one of her head rags and went about the house next morning with her hair in one thick braid swinging well below her waist."

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when joe was finally gone, janie felt in control of her own actions and what she wanted. she didnt have to listen to a "higher up" anymore. this is a symbolic action of her freeing herself from joes grasp.

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"she liked being lonesome for a change. this freedom feeling was fine"

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Janie kept getting approached by other men thinking she needed help. in reality she turned them all down because she independent and is happy with it.

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"janie pulled back a long time because he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees, but he spoke for far horizon"

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logan killicks was more realistic with how he interpreted the horizon. Janie is more dreamy in the way she sees it.

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"we wuz caught in that hurricane out heah, and teacake over strained hisself swimmin for such a lon time and holdin me up too"

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the hurricane was the begining of the end for teacake.

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"you cant have a hurricane when youre makin seven and eight dollars a day picking beans. indians are dumb anyhow, always were.

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tecake doesnt want to leave because he is content where he is. he doesnt want change to come the hurricane symbolises change.