A Brief Review Of Zora Neale's 'Nanny'

In Janie's early life, it was her grandma that has basically raised her in her whole life. In the novel she is referred to as “Nanny” and she is Janie's guidance. Even though her nanny can be kind, she is cold hearted and wants the best for her granddaughter as it's portrayed in the book. When Janie first met Johnny, she was infatuated with love: her first kiss. Nanny saw this occurrence and was disturbed by Janie's speech about her new found feelings or attraction. Nanny gave advice and said to marry a man named Logan, who owned a good amount of land. Nanny believed Logan was a safeguard for Janie's future. When Janie expressed concern, she got shut down by her grandma and slapped. This slap wasn't just something physical, it was also emotional. It was a slap into reality. It showed Janie how she needed this safeguard to avoid having a future like her grandma and her mom did.
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Therefore, she didn't go into that secluded area of silence that she did before. Janie would describe joe's hits as cold hits and janie didn't mind tea cakes hits. she knew she didn't do anything wrong-she knew it was out of love. Throughout the novel, Tea Cake-as any other husband would- made mistakes in his marriage. Janie wouldn't get enraged, wouldn't hit or scream: she would just answer with silence. With this silence, it was all the communication she needed, that empowerment over him. Losing a loved one can be very hard, but it can also be a lesson. In janie's situation, she had to kill tea cake but learned that she will still stay with her by her voice. Tea cake helped her develop into the person she is now; liberated and empowered. Even though tea cake attacked her- her own love- she knew it wasnt him doing the damage. She pulled the trigger with no hesitation, tea cake has gone now and she needs to send him