Cake

encircles Janie is a persistent reminder that no one can defend against their finite lifespan, so instead of suffering through pain, one should give in so that new beginnings can rise. The motif of death relates to the book as a whole because both Tea Cake and Jody fear death and try to avoid it, often emotionally and physically harming Janie to their dying breath. A fear of death causes a person to live a life void of true freedom and peace. As Janie’s grandmother nears death, she states,…

more dominance over their wives than he does. Janie is older and possesses wealth, and Tea Cake feels he needs to compensate via physical dominance. Janie’s passiveness towards the beating calls back to Tea Cake’s incident with Nunkie, when Janie attempted to beat Tea Cake. Though Tea Cake prevented the beating, the event preserves equality between them in that Janie, too, has used violence against Tea Cake, and holds him to the same standard of violence as acceptable. Despite their tumultuous…

Janie’s freedom of romance is achieved because Tea Cake does not play games with her, does not hide the truth — this honesty serves to calm the doubt that Janie has. In her marriage with Tea Cake, Janie’s freedom of voice is set free. Janie can speak her mind; interact with her fellow people on the muck while they work. Most importantly Janie can choose when to speak. When Tea Cake slaps her to show his dominance, Janie does not say a word because she chooses to —…

define the redemptive qualities of music that bring joy and relief to oppressed Africa-Americans in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin. In Hurston’s novel, the interjection of music in the lives of Tea Cake and Janie define a time of redemption from the suffering her previous relationships with violent men, such as Logan and Jody. This is also true of the musical power of jazz in James Baldwin’s short story, Sonny’s Blues”, which defines the…

head rags were a thing of the past once Joe died. After some time of Janie being truly independent and running the store, Tea Cake comes along. He plays an important part in Janie's life because he inspired her to begin using her voice. Tea Cake told her to "Have de nerve tuh say whut you mean." (Hurston 109) and sparked something in Janie. Their journey began when Tea Cake and Janie left and started a life together. They faced judgement from people such as the porch sitters, who had no right…

Zora Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is the story of an African American woman named Janie who lives in the early 1900s, about forty to fifty years after the abolishment of slavery. Because she is the product of rape, her mother took to drinking and abandoned her, forcing her grandmother to raise her. Throughout the novel, Janie battles with the concepts of love and self-worth, often hindered by her grandmother or the community in which she lives. Through the lenses of Janie’s…

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“In New Mexico, a photographer declined to take pictures of a lesbian couple’s commitment ceremony. In Washington State, a florist would not provide flowers for a same-sex wedding. And in Colorado, a baker refused to make a cake for a party celebrating the wedding of two men”. In all these cases the business owners cited religious beliefs in declining to provide services celebrating same-sex relationships. And in each case, they were sued. These are just a few of the numerous…

She is willing to go off with Tea Cake, not caring about anything. She is not worried about time or money all she wants is to have a successful marriage. By living Grandma’s way she did not gain anything, instead she lost two marriages. She has wasted a lot of time by living grandma 's…

married. As Janie lives her life, she experiences marriage with three men, each of them she initially believes she loves. However, as the story continues, she learns that she does not truly love to of them, while she does love her last marriage of Tea Cake. The novel explores Janie’s journey of love with the motif of the horizon as she goes from one marriage to another, figuring out true love is something that comes with both choice, and having a voice. The novel…