She warns Janie about Tea Cake and is worried that he only wants to be with Janie only for the money. She is genuinely concerned for Janie unlike the townspeople who continue to gossip and judge Janie for her actions. They think that Janie shouldn’t be involved with another man only after the nine short months of Joe being in a the grave. She says to Pheoby, “Ah done lived Grandma’s way, now Ah means tuh live mine” (108). She wants to start her new independent life and make decisions for herself now that she has lived the way her grandmother wanted her to
She warns Janie about Tea Cake and is worried that he only wants to be with Janie only for the money. She is genuinely concerned for Janie unlike the townspeople who continue to gossip and judge Janie for her actions. They think that Janie shouldn’t be involved with another man only after the nine short months of Joe being in a the grave. She says to Pheoby, “Ah done lived Grandma’s way, now Ah means tuh live mine” (108). She wants to start her new independent life and make decisions for herself now that she has lived the way her grandmother wanted her to