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Chapter 5 Hey its Mychael i think the life lesson for chapter 5 was being successful may not mean everything to you. I say this because when Janie and Jody were coming to town Janie had said she was proud of what she saw in him just because of all the plans he had in store for the town. After he is settled and he starts to make a lot of changes to the town so that means that she gone be running the store by herself. She doesnt really agree with that but then again what can she do. She doesnt speak her mind much. One day she just says she hopes it gets over cuz it seems like things are just pulling them apart. In the beginning she was happy about the big jump but towards the end she seems to be feeling less happy than what she was.

Hey it’s Mychael My life lesson for this chapter was “Sometimes its ok to speak your mind”. Even though Janie is her own person she is awfully quiet and don’t speak much. One day she decided to talk back to Joe when they were arguing about a bill. I figured she was tired of him treating her a certain way and not giving her credit so she decided to stand up for her self one day.
 * __Chapter 6 __**

Hey yall its **Takira ** :-) So...I feel like I am a very strong young black female. But the thing is, it took alot of blood, sweat, and tears for me to add the strong part of what defines me and usually that's how it is. Now when I was reading chapter 6 I felt that __strong__ part of Janie coming out and living up to its definition maybe not to its full potential but she was definitly trying yo let it get to that potential but of course there is always someone there to knock us back down just when we feel strong and try to make us weak..but the life lesson here is just when you feel someone is trying to minimize you and make you and make you feel below what you really are, just remember "//** THiS T00 SHALL PASS **//" and when it does pass you have eraned the right to be called **__STRONG!__**

CHAPTER 6: **__//mary martin //__** How to treat a women right and with the respect she deserves,...It’s a question Jody should’ve asked. I guess Jody felt Janie was supposed to be locked up. Women have been treated as miscreants for a long time, over time women’s rights have improved.. or have they? What about the right to feel loved and wanted? I believe women put up with a lot to keep someone around because they are afraid of being alone. When the warning signs are there adhere to them! Arguments lead to Fights!

**__Chapter 7__** Hey it’s Mychael My life lesson for this chapter was “Some men should learn to stay in their place”. I say this because depending on how you talk about a woman it’s only a matter of time before they do something that can embarrass you. That is what Janie did to Jody in front of a lot of people. She didn’t only embarrass him but she talked about his manhood and how it has grown smaller over the years. I don’t know if it was worth it because he did strike her.

HEY THERE iTS TAKiRA :-) I was so angry when Jody hit Janie. But at the same time I was so proud of her for telling him off! Life lesson: even the great like **__Dr. Martin Luther King __** got punished for speaking his mind and doing what he thought was right and so did **__Rosa Parks __**, **__Malcom X __**; and also gays get hated upon because they're diffenrent..but if we all were the same there would be no diversity to define America; also we cant back down from doing or saying what we want just because we're afraid of the consequnces.

WOW.. this chapter was an intense one, I cant believe Jody hit Janie. I was glad that Janie finally spoke her mind. I got some interseting life lessons, 1.you cant put anything past people..beacuse when u put some one high they will let u down!..(thats just been my expirence). The lesson that stuck out was fighting fire with fire, u should never do that (i have before and the outcome is two people looking stupid because they are tryin make the other look bad!)
 * MARY **:

**__Chapter 8__** Hey it’s Mychael My life lesson was “What you have may not be the same”. You may think you have something special in the start but that doesn’t necessarily mean you will have it in the end and that’s exactly what Janie has. She runs away with Jody thinking things are going be better. As time goes on things are still the same for her. What I mean is she is being told what to do still, etc. Towards the end of the chapter she tells Jody he isn’t the same Jody she ran off with.

hey yall it's **__Takira :-) LiFE LESS0N __**:; If you really take a step back and look at this crazy thing that we call "love"..its all really just a big board game. Your heart is the board, your your diffrenet emotions are the game pieces and each player chooses which one they what to mess with the most; they all play the game but not farly; and the ending prize is your love. Unfourtonatly when a player does reach the end they usually dont want it forreal, they just want to say that they "got you"..got you crazy about them and all in love with them. And after the game's over they just put you on their little trophy shelf with the rest of the broken hearts they left to dry out. So just make sure you pick some good players beacuse they can change up on you when they get the prize and that's when you really get hurt.

Chapter 8 MARY THIS CHAPTER HIT HOME!....Particulary in my life when i had a boyfriend everything with us was going swell!...It started to go downhill little by little, but i realized when storms come thats when your realtionship is tested to see is it really there to stay!... We began to work our differences out, it wasnt as good as i wanted to be ... but it takes time. Just like Janie it seemed as if a HERO had came to my rescue ..which was not the case. It left me in a state of regret for leaving the one i really loved..thats where me and Janie differed, but this chapter reminded me of that time.

__**Chapter 9 **__ Hey its **mychael** I couldnt really find much i wanted to say in chapter 9 but i found something in the end. Janie was happy about being free in all( aint have to take orders from a man since her Jody was gone). I think this life lesson is you shouldnt care if people see u happy or not because its u Phoeby was trying to hush Janie up because she thought that people would think she was sad for Jodys death.

I'm a girl the wears her feelings on her sleeves. Now there can be some good things and bad things about that. But isnt everything in life we just like that? Going way back to our birth, people had something to say about that too. Therefore, the life lesson here is dont worry about the peanut gallery's comments and just do you and say or do what you feel. Dont try and hide it or keep it bottled in because that's when you go crazy and want to explode..plus..WHAT'S D0NE iN THE DARK WiLL S00N C0ME TO LiGHT.
 * Hey its __Takira__ :-) **

CHAPTER9 : MARY M "Some people can look at a mud-puddle and see an Ocean with ships." This was an interesting quote i think it related Janie when everyone looked at her life under the circumstances you would think she would be down, but she looked at it as an oppurntunity to sail and find herself and the things that were important before she was derailed. I think this was a chapter Janie began to find herself. Sometime things happen,even tragedies..that will bring back to the things that really matter.

-CHs. 10 AND UP R ONLY BUT THE START OF A BEAUTiFUL BLACK LOVE AFFAiR- What up its **__Mike__** I think the life lesson for this Chapter is just because somebody tells you what u cant do doesnt mean you should believe them. I say this because the day Tea Cake met Janie he was able to teach her how to play checkers and she was delighted. All she could say was how Jody told her that she would never learn and it was too heavy for her brains.
 * __Chaper 10__**

CHAPTER 10: MARY! Its always nice to have friends or significant others that care about you and the little things. The little things make a big difference. Tea Cake is showin Janie the other side of the coin. I respect him for this because she had been through alot.The life lesson that stuck out was never let someone tell you what u cant do because its impossible. The impossible is always achieveable to them that believe!

Hey yall its **__Takira__** :-) Tea Cake is my boy like forreal!.. I just thought it was soo cute when he found interst in Janie and wanted to play checkers with her. Its just the simplest things that a guy can do or say to a girl that will just make her blush and the fact that he's taking intrest in something so small of her personality jsut lets hr know that he's not just looking for "one thing". Life lesson, for the guys out there, yeah of course it's nice to try and buy your way into our hearts but what we're really looking for is your capability of making us smile even when we dont want to. <3 <3 <3 <3

**__Chaper 11__** Hey yall its <span style="COLOR: #d825e4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">**__Takira__** :-) I thougth it was kind of funny( and childish at the same time) how Janie planned on being all mean and rude to Tea Cake the next time she saw him, only thing is, it didnt work! He was being way too nice and way to kind for her to be crule towards him. Life Lesson:;
 * act on what you feel. dont ry to front because you might be missing out on someone great. **

Chapter 11 mary The funny thing about this chapter is that ive been there and done that!...I have been Janie and (?) HAS BEEN Tea Cake. It was so dumb how i would play these childish games and would front knowing deep down i had a little crush!...Lesson : Be real with yourself..!

Chapter 11 Hey it’s Mike I think the life lesson for this chapter was “ Don’t question guys when they want you to do certain things ”. Now what I mean by this is like if they want to take you out or something. In the book Janie asked Tea Cake are you sure you want me to go. I just think its dumb cuz he did so many special things for her of course he wanted to take her out.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">__**Chapter 12**__ Hey yall its **__<span style="COLOR: #9924e5; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f49cfc">Takira __** :-)
 * LiFE LESS0N;:**
 * MiSERY L0VES C0MPANY **. Aint that the truth!..I say this because once people started to get the hint that Janie had a little something going onwith Tea Cake..all hell broke loose! I mean people were just saying all kinds of bad things about him and how they dont think Janie is right for him and he's not right for Janie and she's making a mistake..blah blah blah. Amazingly the main person saying all of this was her BFF's husband Sam Watson! The thing is you should stand up for something you love and dont let other fools try and tell you any different.

chapTeR 12: MARY Takira said it plain and simple .... When people see that you and yours are becoming succesful .. and they are still miserable they do their best to bring you down. Never let what people say change your feelings especially if they are being negative. Stay true and pursue what you think is worth your time!

Chapter 12 Hey what up its Mike I think the life lesson for this chapter is “Go with your instincts”. When everybody found out Tea Cake and Janie was talking there was a bunch of rumors getting to her, well some could have been true who knows. Like Pheoby said you taking a mighty big chance, and she was also compared to a woman named Annie Tyler cuz her and Janie was had a similar situation.

Hey yall its **Takira** :-) Right at the very beggning of the chapter I already saw something that had a red flag waving high and mighty. So..now that Tea Cake got his new job offer to Jacksonville..guess who runs off with him. yep, Janie!.. History really does repeat its self. If you didnt learn from the first time then the same thing is bound to happen and your feelings and heart are going to get stepped on because you shouldnt be so non-chalount about things. Try to put two and two together to see that it might be the same classroom and your still the only student in the same seat you were in last time, and its different teachers but they're teaching the same subject. Its only up to you to take the lesson and run with and never go back.
 * __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">Chapter 13 __**
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CHAPTER 13 MARY mARTIN LIFE LESSONS ARE CYCLICAL!... They are there for you to learn and when you don't learn the purpose and meaning of what you went through the first time, you have to go throught the same thing with a new twist until you get it right. This is a big deal with me and responsiblity...i keep going through the same things hopefully i won't be like Janie and it take a tragedy to get my attention and it doesn't.She is a little naieve i think because its no way someone would keep running after men when it leaves you in the same spot in the end.

Chapter 13 What up its Mike I think the lesson for this chapter is  “Don’t jump to conclusions”. Sure Tea Cake may have took the money Janie had and went off to gamble and she thought he had left. Who wouldn’t think that though but I am sure his things were still there. If you really think about it what guy would go through so much to get a woman and go to a new town and just take $ 200 from them and leave with out nothing.

What up this Mike I think the life lesson is “Some men are going to miss their women no matter how long they are gone from them”. What I mean is when you believe you got that special person no matter where you go you are going to miss them whether it’s for a little amount of time or maybe even a lot. That’s just the way it works.
 * __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">Chapter 14 __**

Hey yall it's <span style="COLOR: #fb32f2; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">**Takira** :-) One thing that stuck out to me the most was on pg. 132 when Janie was talking about how she has Tea Cake's dinner ready and makes sure he doesnt stay in his dirty work clothes long.[ LiFE LESS0N ] I think that it is so important as a woman to ,**__<span style="COLOR: #f89820; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">take care of your man just like he takes care of you. __** MARY MARTiN ::
 * __ "DUMB NIGGERS AND FREE SCHOOL!"... __**This quote stood out to me out of the whole chapter. This is somewhat true but if I can change the quote I would say " Ignorant people and free school !" I say this because so many people take advantage of free education and there are people in 3rd world countries that cant even spend a day in a class better yet a year, and learn something. I know their argument was pointless and they were shouthing out different things but this stood out to me the most.

What up its Mike the life lesson for this chapter is “Don’t let other women try in talk with you when you have your wife/girlfriend/etc around you”. Your girl will think you two are flirting and can get jealous from it or it may be worse and they may be bad at you for even responding and doing what you did to the other girl.
 * __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">Chapter 15 __**

<span style="COLOR: #f60909; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">Hey yall its Takira :-) It's crazy how Janie was getting jealous over that one girl Nunkie that Tea Cake was talking to. But he was tring to tell Janie that she was the only girl that he really cared about, but its kind of hard to believe that when you have another girl breathing down your back. Girls just have that competitive energy in them just as men do but ours is a bit different. But the thing is [**<span style="COLOR: #7d0fe6; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace">LiFE LESS0N **]<span style="COLOR: #8d30a1; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efe5b8"> **__<span style="COLOR: #f46798; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d29d9d"><span style="COLOR: #8d30a1; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efe5b8">when you're really in love nobody else matters __**, and thats the point Tea Cake was tring to make, and Janie should take it to heart and believe him because he loves her and //**without trust there is no relationship**// so she nees to put more trust in him.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; COLOR: #a014bd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fbc18d">Mary's back!! " Janie learned what it felt like to be jealous ."...I know what it feels like to be jealous, I can be a jealous type!, especially when me and my my are involed. You could even argue to call it insecure but jealous sounds better...loL. Janie felt this way when tea cake and another girl were in the field playing around. That always strikes a bell when you see your boyfriend with another girl i dont know what it is, but i know janie felt the same way i have felt before.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">**__Chapter 16__**

What up its Mike what i found dissappointing about this chapter was there is a woman named Mrs. Turner and she is light skin like Janie but the bad thing is she is a **//racist//**. You would think she wouldnt like white people but it actually the opposite. She doesnt like darker people such as Tea Cake or nebody his complextion.

MARY M "You got mo nerve than me, Ah' jus couldn't see my self married to no black man,we oughta lighten up da race!" Interacial Relationships is a big deal now a days and has always been but now more than ever. The fact that your skin color is different you are judged i guess on your ablity to love, or maybe some feel your not equal or your inferior to them. The fact that was Janie's friend saying this makes it worst. She planted a seed and if Janie continues to be around negative people that water it her feeling for tea cake would begin to change. LESSON: " DONT TAKE IN ERETHANG YOUR EARLOBE CAPTURES !"

<span style="COLOR: #821d9a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">**//TAKiRA'S BACK T00!!//** lolz.. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; COLOR: #0e5fec; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">**C0L0R AiNT ERYTHANG!!!** Its crazy how most people would go the extra mile to get there skin lighter. To be just like how everyone else is. And just because someone’s skin maybe light doesn’t mean they aren’t black. And it goes the other way around because some people may judge you if you’re mixed then you cant be. You’re either one or the other like society says. Take for example Michael Jackson …the man obviously had some kind of skin disease but people(society) say that he “changed his skin color on purpose and turned himself white.” Now is that even humanly possible?!..



Chapter 17

Hey its Mike the life lesson is “Get even but don’t get caught”. We all know Mrs. Turner doesn’t like folks who are dark like Tea Cake, and Tea Cake knows this. So he and others plan to fight and trash her place when she invited people over to eat. Unfortunately they got caught but I don’t think they care cuz when Tea Cake got involved he made things worse.

Hey yall its mary..."get even but don't get caught!"...Thats something that alot of people live by which is unfortunante and cowardice...lol...If u have the balls enough to do something crazy be MAN ENOUGH to take up and take da blame!...


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Hey it’s Mike the life lesson is “Sometimes you should listen to friends ”. I say this because a lot of people was leaving town because of a hurricane warning. Animals were even leaving and Tea Cake’s friends but he didn’t want to leave because nobody knew for real. He said behind and got caught in the storm but luckily Janie and Tea Cake got out.

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