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CHAPTER ONE - JANIE

Initially, Janie’s character is somewhat of a mystery to the reader. All that is said about her is that she’d just buried someone. Hurston introduces the story in a way that Janie would view her life but it’s hard to understand until a few pages into the book. Apparently, people don’t think to highly of her because the book describes them gossiping and making crud statement. She seems to be indifferent toward their words and the way the perceive her. Her attire is clearly not acceptable to them. She’s clad in simple overalls with her hair out and down her back. Janie’s only friend, so far, is Pheoby. It is during their conversation that you are able to see a lot of Janie’s personality. She is quite friendly and down-to-earth. She has a wonderful sense of humor as well. Whether she is at all affected by the gossip circulating around her goes unnoticed because her personality outwardly distracts any internal confliction.

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CHAPTER TWO - JANIE

The book begins telling about Janie’s first encounters with womanhood. When she was sixteen, after kissing Johnny Taylor, she experienced a sexual awakening. She started realizing that certain things were not as she interpreted them prior to this incident. Everything she thought about somehow translated into a sort of sexual reprise. Her mind convinced her that the things around her, such as bees and flies, are enduring in things she desires to have to have. The boy she once viewed as shiftless and misdirected was now a “glamorous” figure of attractiveness.


 * Notes On Class Discussion:** Janie grew up around all white people. She didn’t even realize she was different. Her father raped her mother and disappeared for the rest of her life. She never really knew her mother either. The character, Nanny, raised her.

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CHAPTER THREE - JANIE

Janie convinces herself that marriage will make her happy. However, within three months of marriage to Logan she has begun to think otherwise. Janie doesn’t exactly want admit she has no idea what she should do. Still full of pride, she finds herself at her Nanny’s unable to explain herself. After a few of Nanny’s wise words she is finally able to let her guard down and admit that she is unsure how to cope with the unexpected territory of her marriage. Nanny gave her a few words with the intention of love behind them.

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CHAPTER FOUR - JANIE

She’s married to Logan Killicks. He treats her like dirt and makes her work all the time. She’s somewhat taken aback when he tells her he’s going out to get another mule. He plans to make her help in the fields this season. She let him babble on about it knowing darn well she wasn’t going to be working in the fields. While Logan is was gone Janie spotted Joe Starks who ended up approaching her. He befriended her. They liked eachothers’ company. Janie began imagining a life outside of her own. Joe visited her everyday. He treated her better than her own husband. This gave her confidence to make irrational decisions like leaving Logan.

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CHAPTER FIVE - JANIE/TONY

Tony is elected Mayor of the town. Janie is asked to give some words of encouragement in support of her husband. Tony prohibits this from happening by explaining that she has a place and it’s not behind the podium. Tony’s new fund glory is taking a toll on his already withering relationship with Janie. She seems to be losing her confidence and independence. She is not seeing the value of her worth to her husband.

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CHAPTER SIX - JANIE

Janie’s life with Joe has become somewhat repetitive. She was almost on autopilot. All she did was work in the store every single day. Anybody would be bored with his or her life doing just that. She exposed remnants of her true, outgoing self by making good conversation with loyal customers and friends. When Joe noticed this he prohibited her from going on doing anything of the sort. Janie was not allowed to make her own decisions. She was being held captive in her own body. At times though, she would get bold and speak up for herself. She’s a woman with a mind of her own and Joe Starks wasn’t having that.

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CHAPTER SEVEN - JANIE

At this point Janie has forced herself to meet Joe’s “requirements.” She felt belittled on a daily basis. All she appeared to be was a trophy wife. Of course, that’s just a figure of speech because surely Joe did not make her feel in the least bit attractive. Her self-esteem had been whittled down to almost nothing. Her only contribution to the world around her was storekeeper. However, she noticed that years had done some work on Joe’s physical attributes. He tried making her feel lesser of a woman but she wasn’t having that. She lashed out on him and stood up for herself in front of his colleagues. Janie stuck a nerve but he struck her…

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CHAPTER EIGHT - JANIE

In the beginning of this chapter Janie’s feelings are hurt by Jody. She runs to Phoeby; the only person she trusts and confides in. Joe is getting sick and not letting her visit him. She goes unnoticed by his “welcomed” visitors as his wife. She is devastated about her situation. She feels incredibly guilty about Jody’s condition despite the fact that it is not her fault. Rumors have spread that she poisoned him. She found it in her heart to make the decision for Joe to be seen by a well-established doctor. Janie started thinking very critically about Jody’s death when the doctor told her that it was too late for him to be saved. She was truly petrified. She really didn’t want to have to be the one to bear the devastating news to him. When she finally sucked it up and went through with it they bickered. Even though he wished death on her, however, she found pity in him for the very first time in all the years of their marriage.

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CHAPTER NINE - JANIE

At Joe’s funeral Janie had to feign grief but deep down inside she was leaping for twisted joy. She was finally free. She recognized her value now. She wanted others to see her as the blessing God sent. She wanted to prove, after years of degradation, that she was a strong, useful woman. She was enjoying her personal time and laughed at the “strange men” trying to court her for her money. She really was free.

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CHAPTER TEN - JANIE

In this chapter, Janie is introduced to Tea Cake’s character. He comes walking on in thirty minutes before she closes with his charming smile. She recognizes him but doesn’t know his name. He almost immediately makes her smile and laugh turning her hum-drum day into a more exciting experience. He makes nice conversation with her and shows her how to play checkers. They obviously have amazing chemistry. Janie playfully interacts with Tea Cake and they flirt a lot.

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CHAPTER ELEVEN - JANIE

Janie’s encounters with tea Cake left her curious. She longed to ask Hezekiah about him but she didn’t want him to assume she was interested in him, even though she was. Janie was in denial about her attraction to Tea Cake. She didn’t see him for a week after that but when he returned it was almost as if he’d never left. She revealed a smile from ear to ear like a schoolgirl. They even acted as if he’d never left. She tried to give Tea Cake the cold shoulder front. Surely, Hezekiah would have something to say about her behavior. Tea Cake was just simply irresistible to her. They spent a lot of time with eachother from then on. Somehow the fact that he played with her emotions allowed him to reel her right in.

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CHAPTER TWELVE - JANIE

In this chapter Phoeby and Sam gossip a bit about Janie and Tea Cake. Sam convinces Phoeby to "warn" Janie about Tea Cakes past and capabilities. Ultimately, when confronted by Phoeby, Janie assures her that Tea Cake is what she need right now. She and Tea Cake enjoy eachothers' company and that's all that matters. Janie is sure that she can hold her own in this situation and doesn't need her friends t help her make intimate decisions.

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN - JANIE

A lot happens during this chapter. Janie secures her bold decision of being with Tea Cake by hopping a train to Jacksonville and immediately marrying him. She does come prepared though. She hides from Tea Cake two hundred dollars for the "just in case" scenario. She doesn't want to end up like Miss Tyler. This was a smart decision. Anyway, The following morning Tea Cake sets out to get fish and go to work. He doesn't come back for days... Janie naturally reverts to the negative thoughts that inhabit her mind as a result of the rumors she has heard and her past relationships. She convinces herself that there is no way he could possibly have a good excuse for leaving without any notice. Again, however more severe, he is toying with her emotions. Eventually he returns with a fulfilling story. His charm gets her every single time...

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN - JANIE

Serious married couple binding occurs in this portion of the book. Janie and Tea Cake seem to be the perfect match. They compliment each other so well. Tea Cake asks Janie to work with him so that he can be around her more. She with out a second thought complies. She knows that Tea Cake isn't like her previous relationships. He genuinely cares about her well-being and want her to be around. She feels that from him and enjoys planting seed with him. The thing about Janie's personality that I find so intriguing is that, no matter where she goes, people are always drawn to her. I mean obviously Tea Cake is but as the reader one notices that even Tea Cake's acquaintances are drawn to her. She become a popular personality on a daily basis. This is a good example of how she is truly a blessing to others from God.

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN - JANIE

Chunky Nunkie creates some tension between Janie and Tea Cake that doesn't need to exist. Nunkie deliberately spends a great deal of time around Tea Cake for not so obvious reasons. Janie truly experiences jealousy when she witnesses the two of them together. She holds her tounge as long as she can but ends up confronting Tea Cake. She accuses him of cheating on her and find it somehow attractive. She's just so in love with him that no matter what he does to her she'll forgive him at this point and fall right back into his arms. He swears he never cheated though. Even outsiders notice his closeness to Chunky Nunkie and question his and Janie's relationship. Again though, she is charmed by Tea Cake.

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN - JANIE

An interesting conversation takes place here. Janie talks with Mrs. Turner who is basically racist against her own people. SHe believes that blacks should be more like white people. As a woman of true class, Janie is able to avoid offense and carry on the conversation by diverting her own opinion. Honestly though, Janie dind't have the knowledge to back her own opinion. Tea Cake later explained to her that she always had an ulterior motive. No good woman...

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - TEA CAKE

Mrs. Turner convinces the men of the area to all get together for a makeshift dinner party. They all gather and gossip about this, that, and the third. Some men try to convince Tea Cake that he should probably listen to Mrs. Turner's advice. They seem to think she's a credible woman with a lot of wisdom. Tea Cake is a lot like Janie in the sense that he is so in love with her that no matter what anybody does to try to redirect him he'll always feel the same for her. Meanwhile, Coodemay was drunk off of his behind and basically caused turmoil for the rest of the chapter.

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - JANIE

Janie is left behind on this particular day because her and Tea Cake have been staying up very late into the night hosting parties. Tea Cake wanted her to get her rest. She enjoys some rest time but can't help but observe the behavior of several Indian tribes migrating in the same direction throughout the day. She eventually asks what the purpose of their relocation was and is informed of a hurricane. They can't really do anything about it. They decide to stay for a while. Janie is a trooper throughout the entire ordeal. She stands by her man expecting to be protected. Eventually, the weather gets too bad to continue their stay. They decide to leave. Motorboat doesn't see the sense in relocating therefore he stays and sleeps.

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CHAPTER NINETEEN - JANIE

Tea Cake has been bitten by a dog and dramatically contracted rabies. Janie spends all of her days with Tea Cake being a loyal wife and serving him as he is sick. Initially, Tea Cake is appreciative. Eventually, his sickness progresses over him and he is very unstable. Janie continues to keep in mind that he has fallen ill and not take the things he verbalizes personally. She calls for a doctor and, much like Joe, he gets upset. Funny, the way this chapter reflects events from earlier in the book is uncanny. She ends up having to portray the strength of a bull in order to be confronted with a gun. The fact that Tea Cake is the one who taught her how to use a gun and she ends up using it on him is quite ironic.

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CHAPTER TWENTY - JANIE

Personally, I think that this book ends quite beautifully... This chapter is a period of rejuvenation for Janie. She has just experienced traumatic events. She lost the love of her life not at the hand of another but of her own. The reader really understands her strength in the conclusion of the book. She may have not made the decisions we personally would have but she made decisions that would ultimately give way to internal healing in her life. I believe that if she had made more obvious or expected decisions the book would have had a cliche ending or potentially have gone nowhere. The last sentence in the book epitomizes her overall personality; "She called in her soul to come and see." Wow, one could interpret that phrase in many different ways but I think that it's an artistic expression of her soul finally being set free and acquainted with her true self. She's finally found herself. She is truly free...

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 * Character Analysis by Nick "JORGE" Gutierrez: **

Tea Cake: Little is known about Tea Cake thus far. However, what we can confirm is that he is a friend of Janie.

Teacake showed up as a stranger who got a ride to the wrong town for a ballgame. He noticed that she was the onl one in town so he started a conversation with her. This lead to him teaching her how to play checkers. Unlike other characters, Teacake encourages Janie to be herself. At first, he showed up randomly, and between these visits, Janie swore to herself that she'd be done with him next time she saw him. This was not the case, as every time she saw him, she fell in love all over again.

Tea Cake is also known to be a great gambler. This was the case as he needed to make back money he spent the week before on food for others. He won back the money, but a bitter opponent cut him a few times in the back.

He was bit by a rabid dog during the hurricane. Because of this, he got more and more rabid each day and because of this, Janie had to kill him.

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Tony Can't have one conversation without mentioning Isaac and Rebecca.

Sam He is the husband of Phoebe Watson. He knows that if Jody says something, everyone will follow suit. He believes that people should have to work to get what they want, rather than "stealing from the rich."

Lige Moss One of the townsfolk that likes to start up discussions such as "What makes a man not touch a stove, nature or learning."

Mrs. Bogle A grandmother of many children. She looked good for her age. Men always noticed her.

__Hezekiah__ Worked at the grocery shop with Janie. He wasn’t too trustworthy of Tea Cake. He thought of TC as someone who just came into town to get rich off the former mayor’s widow. He also believed that she should’ve waited longer, “In respect for Joe.”

__Mrs. Tyler__ A bit of a middle-aged woman. Her description is described to be “leathery skin.” Mrs. Tyler makes a good amount of money, as she can afford suits of clothes, shoes and watches. She has constant affairs with boys in their teens/20s.

__Who Flung__ Tricked Mrs. Tyler to sell her house and move to Florida, only to find that he stole her money and took off.

__Matt Bonner__ Owned a farm and a mule and always worked it to death. Every now and then, the mule would manage to make its escape, however, it wouldn’t take too long for Bonner and the townsfolk to capture it. He’s not too bright either. The townsfolk would always take turns annoying him. This causes him to stutter when he speaks.

__Logan__ Married Janie when she was at a very young age while he was in his mid 40s. He had a very ugly appearance. Like Jody, he always treated Janie as a second rate person, causing her to run away with Jody.

A bit of an obese woman. She played around with Tea Cake and because of this, Janie got jealous and even suspecting. She would always playfully give Tea Cake a nudge and make him chase her. According to Tea Cake they never messed around and claimed her to be, “good for nothin’ exceptin’ tuh set up in uh corner by de kitchen and break wood over her head.”
 * __Nunkie__**

She had a very strange appearance. Tea Cake described her as being, "shaped by a cow kicking her from behind." She comes over to Janie's to chat with her for hours. She, however, is not a big fan of Tea Cake, due to the dark complection of his skin. Whenever Tea Cake is home, she doesn't stay at Janie's for too long. She is constantly trying to fix Janie up with her brother.
 * __Mrs. Turner__**

Mrs. Turner's husband. Stood by and smoked his pipe while Mrs. Turner's place got wrecked by a few hooligans.
 * __Mr. Turner__**

The best gambler next to Tea Cake. He was lost during the hurricane when he refused to get up when Janie and Tea Cake wanted to leave.
 * __Motor Boat__**



Initially, Janie’s character is somewhat of a mystery to the reader. All that is said about her is that she’d just buried someone. Hurston introduces the story in a way that Janie would view her life but it’s hard to understand until a few pages into the book. Apparently, people don’t think to highly of her because the book describes them gossiping and making crud statement. She seems to be indifferent toward their words and the way the perceive her. Her attire is clearly not acceptable to them. She’s clad in simple overalls with her hair out and down her back. Janie’s only friend, so far, is Pheoby. It is during their conversation that you are able to see a lot of Janie’s personality. She is quite friendly and down-to-earth. She has a wonderful sense of humor as well. Whether she is at all affected by the gossip circulating around her goes unnoticed because her personality outwardly distracts any internal confliction. Janie has been the talk of the town ,because she ran away with Tea Cake and that makes her look like a ho and they just met.While all the other ladies was criticizing people Pheoby was the only person who stuck up for Janie. While the other ladies is still on the porch Pheoby leaves to go to jamie house and she blesses her with a plate of food and the reason that she returned alone because she got tired of living in the everglades with Tea Cake. As they sit down and chat Jamie starts to tell about all there troubles up in the everglades. -Kevin Harris
 * __Chapter One- JANIE__**
 * __Chapter One- Pheoby__**

__**Chapter Two- JANIE**__ The book begins telling about Janie’s first encounters with womanhood. When she was sixteen, after kissing Johnny Taylor, she experienced a sexual awakening. She started realizing that certain things were not as she interpreted them prior to this incident. Everything she thought about somehow translated into a sort of sexual reprise. Her mind convinced her that the things around her, such as bees and flies, are enduring in things she desires to have to have. The boy she once viewed as shiftless and misdirected was now a “glamorous” figure of attractiveness.

__Notes On Class Discussion:__ Janie grew up around all white people. She didn’t even realize she was different. Her father raped her mother and disappeared for the rest of her life. She never really knew her mother either. The character, Nanny, raised her. **__Chapter Two-Janie__**  Well Mrs. Washburn lets Janie and her nanny stay in the house because she doesnt know were her father or mother is. Now she is about to buy pieces of land so that she can buy her own house and the kids at school joke her because she doesnt know who her mother and father is. One day she meets up with he with her friends that she is sexualy attractvive to and kisses him and the town finds out about it. When her nana was young she was rapped by her master and when her master wife finds out she has her whipped severaly,but she escaped with her baby and hid in some swamps untill after the war was over. She went to go work for the Washburns so she could get a better life for her baby and so they could have a place to sleep. -Kevin Harris

 Marriage is about to happen for Janie and Logan, while she is thinking she realizes she doesn’t love this man. That is not normal but she hopes she can fall in love with him through ought the marriage. As the marriage continues she is not developing these strong feelings for Logan so she goes to nanny to talk about her situation. Now about 2 months has been gone and Janie needs some one to go to for advice about this love thing because her nanny has passed away.
 * __ Chapter 3-Janie __**
 * -Kevin Harris**

__**Chapter Three- JANIE**__ Janie convinces herself that marriage will make her happy. However, within three months of marriage to Logan she has begun to think otherwise. Janie doesn’t exactly want admit she has no idea what she should do. Still full of pride, she finds herself at her Nanny’s unable to explain herself. After a few of Nanny’s wise words she is finally able to let her guard down and admit that she is unsure how to cope with the unexpected territory of her marriage. Nanny gave her a few words with the intention of love behind them.

-Natalya Piette

__**Chapter Four – Jody Starks**__ While Logan went away for a while to get another mule, Janie spotted Jody Starks, or Joe as commonly called, walking down the road. Joe kept a well saved sum of money in his life. He was also ambitious in being a leader of an all black town. This urbane gentleman offers Janie better treatment if she marries him, unlike the working status Logan puts upon her. One day Logan and Janie got in a fight about how he treats her. Janie then runs off to Joe and marries him. The new couple takes a horse ride to another place to live. -Alex Ortega = = = __Chapter 4- jody__ = Logan is tired of Janie’s laziness so he tells her that she is going to work in the field and she pays no attention to that. During the course of the day Logan goes to get another mule so she can help out, but while he is out she runs into a man that has just moved from Georgia and his name is Joe Starks but tells her to call him Jody. As they continued to meet at places without people knowing he gets to the point and tells her that he wants her to leave Logan to be with him and she thinks this a chance to find real love. That same night violent words were exchanged between Janie and Logan, which leads 2 her leaving him for Jody.  **__ -Kevin Harris __** 

Chapter Five – Jody Starks Jody seems to be a good, ambitious, and responsible person when he plans to help the town build itself up. He set up a store for the town, established a streetlamp, and started a large barbeque party. However, when Tony suggested Janie to make a speech, Joe simply criticizes that a woman’s place is at home. This action would make him sort of a prick. Also the town suspects of him to of being stingy, saving up the money and buying luxurious things for himself and his wife. Chapter Five – Amos Hicks This character seems to be a funny kind of person. He also felt a little a little bit of anxiety and chastised Starks idea on building the town.

Alex Ortega

 Janie is desperately trying to find love when she is most likely not,but she will be better off independent. Later on when she returns to Eatonville she a better, stronger, and more intellegent person. She is still on the quest for the pursuit of happyness, like under that tree were there was happyness and love. - kevin harrs
 * __-Chapter 5-Janie __**

Although he impressed Janie by letting the mule go free, he still seemed more of a tyrant over Janie. He wouldn’t let her be involved in what the townsfolk were doing, especially when they’re making conversations and going to social events, like the mule’s funeral. The chapter also describes how Joe’s marriage masks his wife’s conflict with him. He also seems to be an angry person, especially when a woman tried to cheat him out of meat. -Alex Ortega While Janie is managing the store there is people that sit outside the store and talk bout a man named Mat Bonner and the mule he has that does not get fed well. One day the mule runs away and it ends up in front of her store and she seen the way the people was treating it so when Mat showed up she bought it for $5 so it could rest. When the mule finally dies they have big funeral that the whole town attends to except Jody. While at the store Janie finds Tony’s wife on her knees begging for some meat to feed her family, while she is doing this the men are in front the store talking about how they would never let there wife come and embarrass them like that. **__ –Kevin Harris __**
 * Chapter Six- Jody Starks**
 * __ -Chapter 6- Janie __**

The image of Joe has turned from a dominant overseer to a decrepit mortal. All the signs of old age were showing. Janie pointed out those signs, especially about his private parts, in front of the people in the store. Embarrassed by that comment, he struck her so hard she was knocked out of the store. - Alex Ortega **__Chapter 7-__** Janie is thinking to her self all the time that she is unattractive, because love has not yet found her. All daylong she sits in the store and just thinks about how pretty she wishes she were. When she finally opens her eyes and realizes that he is getting old and it is getting harder for him to walk, so to take all the attention off him he puts it on her to lower her self a steam so she will not realize the aging point in his life but just hers. He comes to the store while Janie is helping a customer and he tries to verbally assault Janie but she doesn’t take it. He gets mad and hits her because she told him about how his penis is getting small in front of most the town. **__Kevin Harris
 * Chapter Seven- Jody Starks**

__CHapter 8** His health is getting in cridical condition its so bad that janie has to move to another room, because of his actions. Now jody is not eating no more of janies food. Around time there is a rumor that janie is trying to make him eat so he can eat the poison but its not true. Since everyone keeps saying that she hires a doctor form orlando to come take a look at him and he finds out that both of his kidnys and that he will soon die, so she has to face the fact that he will not be with her for the rest of her life. While he is lying down he asks why she never cherished him, and she responds that she did and all he did was try to change her. He dies and she is now sad and lonely and looks in the mirror to see how beautiful she is. -Kevin harris

She goes to the funeral putting on an impression that she is sad but really on the inside she is happy, but now she has burned all her head rags and wears her hair in one long braid. Now she has been mourning for 6 months and men have been approching her and she keeps deniying them because she is all good as an independent women. As the days and weeks pass they dont stop trying to come after her. The towns people think that she is sad and dont need no one in her life but she is doing just fine on her own. Pheoby tells everyone wat she says and they dont believe her. -Kevin Harris
 * CHAPTER 9**

Chapter 10 Things is starting to change a man walked in the store just as she was about to close to go to the baseball game a tall handsome man walks in and it catches janies eye. He sweet talks her as he is buying his ciggarets, and he asks her does she want to come to her house and play checkers. They finally get to her house and is playing a nice game of checkers and continue flirting. He asks her how she is getting home and she replys dont matter ill even sneak on a train. They both sneak on the train and she finally ask his name and he says Vergible Woods. As they are going back to the store and people are coming in they still are enjoying each others company. He doesent leave the store untill they close and he helps her do that and walks her to her portch and tells her goodnight -Kevin Harris

CHAPTER 11 Tea Cake has not came back for about a week now and she is starting to worry bout him and when he finally shows up she starts to get rude with him, but he came in acting funny and automatically puts a smile on her face. For a while they played checkers and contiued flirting doing all this without nobody knowing. As the day continues they move to the portch eating cake and drinking lemonade for hours. Torwards the end of the night they go down by the lake to go fishing and they stay out there for most of the night, then finally its time for tea cake to go home so she sneaks him out of town. There is now talk about how she is to beautiful for Tea Cake and she has fear that she is being taking advantage of. He he buys a car so they can drive to the town picnic together so everyone knows that they are together. -kevin harris

CHAPTER 12 As they arrive to the picnic together they are now the talk of the town because of the age difference with both of them. Pheoby was asked to talk to janie about there relationship and she tells her that he is to young and you are to old. Now she is telling them that she is going to sell the store and move out of town with Tea Cake. She continues to tell her that all he wants is her money but she doesent want to hear it because she is sick of living her nannys way she now wants to live her way.- Kevin Harris

CHAPTER 13 They both leave the town to go to Jacksonville and thats were they marry at. Tea Cake doesent know that janie has put away $200 in her braw. The next day she wakes up with all of her money missing and he says he is just leaving to go get some fish and come back but he is used all her money on chicken and some macaroni. He now is using her money to gamble but it is paying off, because got stabbed with a razor blade because he was winning so much from him. She has gotten so much confedince him that she tells him about the $1200 she has in the bank and they will eventually leave the everglades. -Kevin Harris

Chapter 14 They Have moved and Tea Cake has a plan that sounds good but better when put into action.His mouth says that he is going to pick beans during the day but at night gamble and play the guitar. Their house has became the center for all the towns people and janie use to stay home and cook big meals for them, but now she actually goes into the field with her overalls and helps tea cake out with his work because she misses him. Now she is imagines what would the people from eatonville say about her.-Kevin harris

Chapter 15 Now peoples emotions and temperes are starting to flare, because this heavy set women nunkie is flirtting with Tea Cake so Janie is starting to get jelaous. As the time goes on this lady starts to flirt heavier by touching him and grabbing and they wonder oft were janie catches them wrestling on the ground in a romantic way. As he gets up he argues that she stole his ticket and she forced him to tussel with her. Janie runs home and Tea Cake follows after her; in the house she tries to beat him up but doesent work they both just go to bed and wake up and talk about how much of a food this girl nunkie is. Janie no matter wat Tea Cake does she will always forgive him because thats how much she loves him. -Kevin Harris

Pheoby Watson acts as Janie’s confidant. She thought the incident at the store would die down, but then she found out people were still talking about it. Pheoby also made a comment that it’s too late for Janie to divorce Jody. She also thinks the witch doctor that’s selling Joe some “medicine” is ripping people off. -Alex Ortega
 * Chapter Eight- Pheoby Watson**

This random man makes a suggestion to Janie. He told her to be careful who she marries. He still thinks she’s young enough to still marry, but thinks that men might take advantage of her. -Alex Ortega
 * Chapter Nine- Ike Green**

At first Pheoby seems supportive of Janie’s new marriage with Tea Cake, but then she’s a little concerned. She fears that he might run off with Janie’s money. Pheoby would also like to be treated as a higher class status as Janie was. -Alex Ortega
 * Chapter Twelve- Pheoby Watson**