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Is her situation at the start of the novel Their Eyes Were watching God?
Janie Crawford is the main character. What's her situation at the start of the novel After being away for a while, she is now returning to her home.
What did Janie do with her newfound knowledge?
She turned the cylinder until the three chambers snapped first. then opened the rifle and put it into the corner.
The main character of the quizlet Their Eyes Were Watching God is also who? Janie is the protagonist of the novel. Janie is not easily categorised. She is black, but she has straight Caucasian hair that is Caucasian-like. Janie is a woman who defies gender stereotypes and wears overalls.
Janie was also interested in love. What can this reveal about Janie?
Her grandmother told her to marry him. Nanny wanted Janie to be taken care before she (Nanny).
Was Joe told by Janie just before his death?
She said to him that he didn't really know her. She had a lot sympathy, but he wouldn't let her use it.
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Does Janie kill tea cake?
He was her hero, but he is not treated with a hero's glorious death. Instead, he is reduced to insanity because of a rabies bite from a stray dog caught up in the hurricane. Because of this, Janie is forced to kill the man she loves to put him out of his rabies-induced misery.
What sickness does Tea Cake have?
Tea Cake's health deteriorates and the rabies warp his mind, filling him with delusional, paranoid thoughts.
What did Janie sacrifice?
Janie again sacrifices the love that she so badly wanted to find when she is put in a situation where she had to shoot Tea Cake. However the sacrifices people make in life show what means the most to them like with Janie she valued the love of others and finding her happiness in the world.
Why did Janie marry Logan Killicks?
Logan Killicks - Janie's first husband. Nanny arranges Janie's marriage to Logan because she values financial security and respectability over love. Logan pampers Janie for a year before he tries to make her help him with the farming work. Feeling used and unloved, Janie leaves him for Jody Starks.
Does Janie get rabies?
Janie does not get rabies, there is no evidence of that in the story. She returns home because she did not want to remain in the Everglades without him.
How does Janie feel after tea cake dies?
Tea Cake gets rabies, and his natural jealousy turns into aggressive suspicion and paranoia over Janie. In the end, Janie is forced to shoot her husband to protect herself—rabies is not pretty. Though she's put on trial for murder, she's pronounced innocent. After Tea Cake's funeral, Janie returns home to Eatonville.
What chain of events is set off when Janie cuts the tobacco crookedly?
What chain of events is set off when Janie cuts the tobacco crookedly? When Janie cuts the tobacco crookedly, Jody comes over to cut it correctly, then scolds Janie by mocking her appearance.
What was Janie's response when Phoebe talks to her about tea cake?
What was Janie's response when Pheoby talked to her about Tea Cake? She said that she always wanted to go to the picnic and do other things but one wouldn't let her.
How does Janie define love?
Janie defines love because 'love' like Janie are often misunderstood therefore judged. Also Janie goes from finding love from others to finding love for yourself to give it to others. She finds a love for herself which gained her independence.
What does Janie learn from her marriages?
She learned from her marriage to Logan Killicks that she could not learn to love someone. After her marriage to Jody Starks, Janie realized that equality is important within a marriage. When Janie married Tea Cake, she realized true love could be found.
What does Janie want in a relationship?
With Tea Cake his company, affection, and love is all she needs. Janie is comfortable enough in her marriage with Tea Cake that she is able to speak what she feels. She does not hold anything back and does not bite her tongue when she has something to say to Tea Cake.
What does the title Their Eyes Were Watching God mean?
Their eyes were watching God" is another way of saying, "They were watching closely in order to predict fate", or. "Their eyes were watching nature unfold."
How long is Janie married to Joe?
About seven years
What is the theme of Their Eyes Are Watching God?
In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, the protagonist Janie learns and grows from each of her relationships. Her life lessons are woven into the themes of love and 'mislove,' power and domination, and inequality and discrimination throughout the novel.
How does Janie become independent?
In her search for love and in the losses that she suffers, Janie gains independence. Janie's independence begins slowly in the novel. She holds a spark of independence when she gains the courage to leave her loveless marriage with Logan in order to run away with Joe Starks.
How does Janie change throughout the novel?
Three major changes that Janie goes through in Their Eyes Were Watching God are that (1) she fits in with a community, (2) learns to do previously gender-restricted activities, and (3) acts with courage on her own behalf. Jody would go on trips and leave Janie behind because she was a woman.
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