Janie and Tea Cake’s decision to stay in the Everglades during the off season indicates that they are not as poor as their friends. Traditionally, migrant workers move from place to place to find work and do not have the financial means to stay in one place. I am assuming that Janie and Tea Cake are using Janie’s money from Eatonville to support themselves until they can work in the fields again.
Mrs. Turner’s beliefs come off as highly confusing and hypocritical. She states, “It’s too many black folks already. We oughta lighten up de race.” She goes on to tell Janie that she should leave Tea Cake and marry Mrs. Turner’s brother, for the sole reason that her brother has a lighter skin tone than Tea Cake. I just find it strange that Mrs. Turner …show more content…
Turner’s resturant reinforce what is said about her in the previous chapter. After her business is ruined by the two drunk men (and Tea Cake), she lashes out at her husband.
Chapt. 18
Tea Cake’s issues with control get the best of him in this chapter. Even as the Native Americans, ani mals, and even other workers leave the area, he insists on staying.
When the storm is rolling in, Janie, Tea Cake, and Motor Boat are all together in Janie and Tea Cakes’s house. Hurston says, “Six eyes were questioning God.” and “They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.” It is very obviously the explanation for tr book’s ttle, but Hurston had deeper meaning than the storm. Janie, throughout the entire book, is never protrayed as overly religious. Perhaps a part of that is because she feels that God abandoned her. She is living as a black woman during the Depression, and her life has been extremely difficult. To her, the storm represents God and his lack of help.
Janie and Tea Cake seem to truly care about each other. Janie openly tells Tea Cake that she does not care what happens, as long as they are together. While they are caught in the flood, Tea Cakes puts Janie first, at the risk of his own
Mrs. Turner’s beliefs come off as highly confusing and hypocritical. She states, “It’s too many black folks already. We oughta lighten up de race.” She goes on to tell Janie that she should leave Tea Cake and marry Mrs. Turner’s brother, for the sole reason that her brother has a lighter skin tone than Tea Cake. I just find it strange that Mrs. Turner …show more content…
Turner’s resturant reinforce what is said about her in the previous chapter. After her business is ruined by the two drunk men (and Tea Cake), she lashes out at her husband.
Chapt. 18
Tea Cake’s issues with control get the best of him in this chapter. Even as the Native Americans, ani mals, and even other workers leave the area, he insists on staying.
When the storm is rolling in, Janie, Tea Cake, and Motor Boat are all together in Janie and Tea Cakes’s house. Hurston says, “Six eyes were questioning God.” and “They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.” It is very obviously the explanation for tr book’s ttle, but Hurston had deeper meaning than the storm. Janie, throughout the entire book, is never protrayed as overly religious. Perhaps a part of that is because she feels that God abandoned her. She is living as a black woman during the Depression, and her life has been extremely difficult. To her, the storm represents God and his lack of help.
Janie and Tea Cake seem to truly care about each other. Janie openly tells Tea Cake that she does not care what happens, as long as they are together. While they are caught in the flood, Tea Cakes puts Janie first, at the risk of his own