Hurston uses metaphors, and the five stages of grief to create the feeling of Janie's pain when Janie learns that Tea Cake is dying. One metaphor Hurston uses is Janie's description of Tea Cake, "Tea Cake, the son of Evening Sun" (ch. 19) This quotation demonstrates that Janie thinks of Tea Cake as the sun, which is a symbol for happiness and good. This alludes to the poetry of the Romantic Era in which poets would describe their love as being like the sun. Hurston does this to show the love Janie has for Tea Cake, and the pain Janie feels from losing Tea Cake. Hurston also uses her knowledge of the five stages of grief to show the wave of emotions Janie experiences after being told that Tea Cake will die. The first stage of grief is
