Janie has been resisting Tea Cake ever since their first meeting. She could not bare to compare him with the other suitors. Tea Cake has already won Janie’s heart when she mentions how he is the bee to the blossom of the pear tree. She still has doubts about their relationship based on their age difference however she can not stop thinking about him. He is not just attractive to her he is beautiful and alluring in her eyes that he makes women already think of romance at first glance as mentioned in the quote how he looked like the love thoughts of women. She then connects Tea Cake with the romantic scenery she gazed upon in her younger days. The metaphor used to associate Tea Cake with the bee in the pear tree indicates how Janie is suggesting
