https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz Theme/Symbolism en-us 2018-04-30 16:47:02 UTC 2025-11-15 21:06:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/256614374 "She knew now that marriage did not make love" (pg 25)]]> 2018-04-30 17:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/256614374 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/256616669 Janie married Logan and wished for love, but after she talked to Nanny and waited to love Logan, she found out that love isn't always there.]]> 2018-04-30 17:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/256616669 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260549560 "He had that bow-down command in his face, and every step he took made the whole thing more tangible" (pg 47)]]> 2018-05-14 16:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260549560 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260551387 Joe was controlling and craved power over everything in his life so he took control of Janie and the town]]> 2018-05-14 16:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260551387 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260557759 "They bowed down to him rather, because he all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down" (pg 50)]]> 2018-05-14 17:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260557759 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260558218 The whole town respected him and gave him power to control them so he only had so much power because they gave it to him]]> 2018-05-14 17:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260558218 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260932311 "Some say West Maitland and some say Eatonville. Dat's cause Cap'n Eaton give us some land alone wid Mr. Laurence" (pg 36)]]> 2018-05-15 16:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260932311 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260932979 Eatonville was started by Cap'n Eaton and Mr. Laurence but Joe came in and fixed it up]]> 2018-05-15 16:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260932979 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260935116 "These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long" (pg 1)]]> 2018-05-15 17:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260935116 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260935794 The town Janie came back to gossips and basically excluded Janie from their community]]> 2018-05-15 17:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260935794 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260936719 "Ah wuz fumblin' around and God opened de door" (pg 159)]]> 2018-05-15 17:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260936719 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260936960 Fate or God lead Janie to where she is now]]> 2018-05-15 17:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260936960 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260939202 "She was born in slavery time when folks, dat is black folks, didn't sit down anytime dey felt lak it" (pg 114)]]> 2018-05-15 17:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260939202 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260939848 Janie's grandmother was a slave and they couldn't do how they pleased so her grandmother strived to give Janie that]]> 2018-05-15 17:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260939848 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260940635 "It was after the picnic that the town began to notice things and got mad" (pg 110)]]> 2018-05-15 17:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260940635 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260941149 The town that Janie lived it saw Janie doing well after Joe died so they got jealous and gossiped about her]]> 2018-05-15 17:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/260941149 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261278289 "Ah can't stand black niggers. Ah don't blame de white folks from hatin' 'em 'cause Ah can't stand 'em mahself" (pg 141)]]> 2018-05-16 16:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261278289 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261279240 Mrs. Turner is very racist toward her own kind and discriminates against them]]> 2018-05-16 16:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261279240 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261279638 "'Nigger, whut's yo' baby doin' wid gray eyes and yaller hair?' She begin to slap mah jaws ever which a'way" (pg 17)]]> 2018-05-16 16:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261279638 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261281680 Nanny used to be a slave on a plantation where the owners beat them and did not see them as equal]]> 2018-05-16 16:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261281680 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261284325 "She hated the old woman who had twisted her so in the name of love" (89)]]> 2018-05-16 16:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261284325 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261284701 Nanny loved Janie and wanted to protect her but in doing so she hurt Janie]]> 2018-05-16 16:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261284701 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261286591 "She sent her face to Joe's funeral, and herself went rollicking with the springtime across the world" (pg 88)]]> 2018-05-16 16:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261286591 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261287036 After Joe died, Janie was free to do as she pleased and she enjoyed being independent]]> 2018-05-16 16:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261287036 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261287197 "This freedom feeling was fine" (pg 90)]]> 2018-05-16 16:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261287197 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261288939 Janie didn't want to be married and loved being free and on her own for awhile]]> 2018-05-16 16:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261288939 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261289897 "When God made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over" (pg 90)]]> 2018-05-16 16:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261289897 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261290218 Janie believed that everyone was made with a spark and she tried to show hers]]> 2018-05-16 16:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261290218 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261291412 "She knew that God tore down the old world every evening and built a new one by sun-up" (pg 25)]]> 2018-05-16 16:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261291412 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261397539 Janie thinks that each day is different from the last and that God makes it so]]> 2018-05-16 22:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261397539 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261397926 "She had learned how to talk some and leave some" (pg 76)]]> 2018-05-16 22:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261397926 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261398072 While she was married to Joe, she learned how to be silent because he wouldn't let her speak]]> 2018-05-16 22:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261398072 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261669486 "Before she slept that night she burnt up ever one of her head rags and went about the house next morning with her hair in one thick braid swinging well below her waist" (pg 89)]]> 2018-05-17 17:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261669486 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261670160 Janie's hair represents her freedom and after Joe died, she no longer had to be tied down or hide her hair anymore]]> 2018-05-17 17:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261670160 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261672304 "Time came when she fought back with her tongue as best she could, but it didn't do her any good" (pg 71)]]> 2018-05-17 17:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261672304 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261672832 Janie could never stand up for herself and just learned how to be silent in her life and in her marriage]]> 2018-05-17 17:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261672832 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261673222 "Her hair was NOT going to show in the store" (pg 55)]]> 2018-05-17 17:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261673222 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261674129 Joe felt like Janie's hair was something only he could look at and owned possession over so he made her cover it so men couldn't look at it]]> 2018-05-17 17:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261674129 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261675051 "Oh to be a pear tree- any tree in bloom!" (pg 11)]]> 2018-05-17 17:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261675051 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261675681 The pear tree represents Janie's spirit and love so when she was 16 she wanted love and was youthful]]> 2018-05-17 17:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261675681 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261675818 "He could be a bee to a blossom- a pear tree blossom in the spring" (pg 106)]]> 2018-05-17 17:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261675818 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261677663 When Tea Cake came around, Janie felt like she could love again so she felt like the pear tree blooming was her love]]> 2018-05-17 17:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261677663 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261678193 "Here Nanny had taken the biggest thing God 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 about her granddaughter's neck tight enough to choke her" (pg 89)]]> 2018-05-17 17:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/261678193 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262745787 The Horizon represents dreams and hope which for Janie gets destroyed by Nanny early on in the book]]> 2018-05-22 15:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262745787 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262902241 The hurricane brought death and the phrase "watching God" so it represents death and destruction]]> 2018-05-23 03:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262902241 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262902329 "As soon as Tea Cake went out pushing wind in front of him, he saw that the wind and water had given life to lots of things that folks think of as dead and given death to so much that had been living things" (pg 161)]]> 2018-05-23 03:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262902329 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262902610 When the hurricane came, there was death and chaos and became a turning point in Janie's life]]> 2018-05-23 03:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262902610 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262902906 "She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net" (pg 193]]> 2018-05-23 03:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262902906 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262903152 Janie took the horizon which represents dreams and hope so Janie has new dreams and hope]]> 2018-05-23 03:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262903152 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262903419 "They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God" (pg 160)]]> 2018-05-23 03:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262903419 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262903779 "Chink up your cracks, shiver in your wet beds and wait on the mercy of the Lord" (pg 158)]]> 2018-05-23 03:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262903779 1506391 https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262903953 For the characters, they leave their lives up to the hands of God and fate]]> 2018-05-23 03:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1506391/dh8yklag21uz/wish/262903953