Jose Flores Rodriguez Block 6
Mrs. Daniels
English III - Dual Credit
1 December 2015
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Chapters 11-15 Socratic Seminar Questions
Chapter 11
What are some reasons of why Janie has decided to pay attention to Tea Cake after she had told herself she would ignore him and treat him coldly?
How are Tea Cake and Joe Starks different from one another, specifically with how they each treated Janie?
It seems as though Tea Cake is always prepared to treat Janie the way she expects to be treated. In the chapter, Tea Cake had a comb, and began combing her hair. Do Tea Cake’s actions seem to be of good intentions or suspicious?
Is Janie’s fear regarding her age still present with Tea Cake like it was with her …show more content…
In the chapter, it is seen how Tea Cake appears one day, leaves for a few, and returns to Janie after a couple of days while Janie continues to want him even more. Should Janie take more into consideration Hezekiah’s warnings about Tea Cake?
Towards the end, Tea Cake promises Janie that she will have “de keys to de kingdom.” What is this kingdom that Tea Cake is talking about?
Chapter 12
The town has been talking a significant amount of negative gossip about Tea Cake. Still, Janie does not change her stand on Tea Cake. Why would Janie still decide to go off with Tea Cake?
In the chapter, it talks about Janie’s blue clothes and how Tea Cake loved to see Janie in that color. How can this be related to the first chapter when Janie came back from burying the dead in her blue overalls?
In the chapter, Phoeby went to go visit Janie and tried to persuade her to not marry Tea Cake, but rather go off with another endurable man in Stanford. To what extent is Phoeby like Nanny?
How can Tea Cake’s age appear to be something negative in this rising relationship?
Has Janie seemed to matured when she said “Ah done lived Grandma’s way, now Ah means tuh live …show more content…
Chapter 14
What effect does Janie learning how to shoot a gun and being better than Tea Cake play on the chapter?
How has going to the Everglades impacted Janie?
What are some of the reasons of why the people would assume that Janie was better than the rest of the women to work?
How is working at the store different from working here at the Everglades for Janie?
To what extent could moving to work to the Everglades symbolize a place of freedom for Janie? More specifically, how can Janie’s life be compared from where she used to live to the small number of days she has spent at the Everglades?
What is the effect of including the dialogue at the end of the chapter between Ed Dockery, Bootyny, and Sop-de-Bottom?
Chapter 15
How likely is it for Janie to listen to Phoeby’s and Hezekiah’s advice on Tea Cake after what has happened between him and Nunkie?
Even after the event with Tea Cake and Nunkie, Janie seemed to forgive him and eventually went to sleep. Why would this be?
What does the quote “Janie learned what it felt like to be jealous” say about Janie’s feelings towards Tea
Mrs. Daniels
English III - Dual Credit
1 December 2015
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Chapters 11-15 Socratic Seminar Questions
Chapter 11
What are some reasons of why Janie has decided to pay attention to Tea Cake after she had told herself she would ignore him and treat him coldly?
How are Tea Cake and Joe Starks different from one another, specifically with how they each treated Janie?
It seems as though Tea Cake is always prepared to treat Janie the way she expects to be treated. In the chapter, Tea Cake had a comb, and began combing her hair. Do Tea Cake’s actions seem to be of good intentions or suspicious?
Is Janie’s fear regarding her age still present with Tea Cake like it was with her …show more content…
In the chapter, it is seen how Tea Cake appears one day, leaves for a few, and returns to Janie after a couple of days while Janie continues to want him even more. Should Janie take more into consideration Hezekiah’s warnings about Tea Cake?
Towards the end, Tea Cake promises Janie that she will have “de keys to de kingdom.” What is this kingdom that Tea Cake is talking about?
Chapter 12
The town has been talking a significant amount of negative gossip about Tea Cake. Still, Janie does not change her stand on Tea Cake. Why would Janie still decide to go off with Tea Cake?
In the chapter, it talks about Janie’s blue clothes and how Tea Cake loved to see Janie in that color. How can this be related to the first chapter when Janie came back from burying the dead in her blue overalls?
In the chapter, Phoeby went to go visit Janie and tried to persuade her to not marry Tea Cake, but rather go off with another endurable man in Stanford. To what extent is Phoeby like Nanny?
How can Tea Cake’s age appear to be something negative in this rising relationship?
Has Janie seemed to matured when she said “Ah done lived Grandma’s way, now Ah means tuh live …show more content…
Chapter 14
What effect does Janie learning how to shoot a gun and being better than Tea Cake play on the chapter?
How has going to the Everglades impacted Janie?
What are some of the reasons of why the people would assume that Janie was better than the rest of the women to work?
How is working at the store different from working here at the Everglades for Janie?
To what extent could moving to work to the Everglades symbolize a place of freedom for Janie? More specifically, how can Janie’s life be compared from where she used to live to the small number of days she has spent at the Everglades?
What is the effect of including the dialogue at the end of the chapter between Ed Dockery, Bootyny, and Sop-de-Bottom?
Chapter 15
How likely is it for Janie to listen to Phoeby’s and Hezekiah’s advice on Tea Cake after what has happened between him and Nunkie?
Even after the event with Tea Cake and Nunkie, Janie seemed to forgive him and eventually went to sleep. Why would this be?
What does the quote “Janie learned what it felt like to be jealous” say about Janie’s feelings towards Tea