Lifey+lessons+a3

__CHAPTER 1[[image:http://www.ancilnance.com/images/122.jpg width="504" height="340" caption="Black and White Hands" link="http://www.ancilnance.com/html/123.htm"]]__
When a mans ship sets sail means when his life sets sail and it is filled with his hopes and dreams. When some come in with the tide is that someone's dreams come true but for others their boat keeps on sailing with their dreams never coming true! Women forget every thing that isnt importent to them and remember evry thing that is! (Big John) Everybody learns that you can't worry about other people, if they don't want you to. Some people love their life when it doesn't nvolve the whole world in it. If somebody isn't very worried about their self, how can anybody else be worried about them. Talking about people really doesn't hurt them if they don't care. All it really does is waste your time and energy. People must learn to continue to worry about themselves and not everybody that has nothing to do with them.[JAMiLA]

The obvious lesson that Janie expresses at the beginning of chapter one is the fact that she has almost no sense of humility as the two seemingly friendly old men gossip and spread rumors about her she remains conserved and focused on her doings. This is an important milestone on the road of life because the longer you worry about the trails and turmoil that people try to bestow upon you, the less time that you have to focus on your aspirations and dreams. (Mike)

__**CHAPTER 2**__
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Janie grew up thinking that she was no different than the kids she used to play with. But they were white and she was black!At school black kids would tease her and tell her lies of what hapened to her real parents.As she gets older she doesnt realize that she is getting closer and closer to being a women. janie takes her usual visit to the pear tree, moved by the scenery and atmosphere she kisses jonney tayler. Stunned by this action, Nanny trys to set her up with a better man so she doesnt end up like her daughter!!(big john!)

This chapter contains exhilarating evidence that Janie is acquiring vital information that will aid her in her life primarily because of her only maternal source, her elderly grandmother.Beginning with my percieved opinion of the climax of her life,her time under the pear tree was like a sensual seduction luring her ever closely to womanhood.At that moment being spiritually and physically aroused even displeasing Johnny Taylor became Hercules on the hot spring afternoon.Seeing this,nanny has now worried herself with the lamenting fact that Janie,mentally a woman,might end up like her own daughter.(Mike)

Janie doesn't really understand the fact that she is getting older. She wants to act like a child, but do adult things. She has been sexually tempted by Johnny Taylor and her grandmother begins to explain life in a better means. It's better to learn from the experienced, rather then the unexperienced. Janie will soon realize that life is not about staying young, it's mainly about your happiness and sucessfulness throughout your journey.[JAMiLA]

By: kylie<3

So far in this novel there are a lot of life lessons in this chapter alone. A lot of women can relate to her predicament that she is placed in. Janie is leaving the world of adolescence and entering an entirely different world of womanhood, which can be both exciting and intimidating all at the same time. I don’t think she really knows why she feels the way she feels, because when confronted about her feelings with Jonny Taylor she feels ashamed, which in all reality it is completely natural.

Janie now listens to her grandmother and will marry Logan Killiicks believing that over time she will eventually feel love for him. Months go by and she still feels no love for him.She takes visits to go see her grandmother (Nanny) but she always tells her it only takes time. You will eventually fall in love with him.The last time she went over to Nanny's house nanny prayed for Janie hoping for God to watch over her.A month later nanny dies.A year passes after Nanny's death and Janie still feels no love for Logan. She wonders if she ever will.(BIG JOHN)

Janie listens to her grandmother and believes that true happiness is only through marriage. Janie married Logan Killicks, but later was not happy. Sometimes listening to older, wiser people may be helpful for you to be successful. But, not all times there thoughts are what is going to keep you happy in your relationship. Janie realized that she was not happy with Logan Killicks and decided to leave him for Joe Starks. Joe Starks got into her head and made her believe many things like he can show her the world and make her happier then she was with Logan Killicks. Happiness is an important key of every relationship. If you dont have happiness, trust, or the main component[love], what is really the point of a marriage. Nobody can force you to be with them. Its your rightful decision.[JAMiLA]

Janie now inquires,will love come with marriage or will the emotional status fluxuate creating not hate, but __indifference__ between two free spirits floating away from each other. She soon realizes that she wants to be loved and appreciated,not just someone who cooks and cleans for and old decomposing soul.She finds Logan's insipidity to be unbearable and she seeks out her nanny for her well needed advice. Nanny informs the woman-child that sometimes being a fool is beneficial to living an adequate life even if it creates neglected emotions.(Mike)

The biggest life lesson that sticks out in this chapter for me is that Janie didn’t marry for love. She married because everyone told her to. I don’t understand why people would ever marry a man they weren’t in love with, no matter how much he said, it would come with time. Many young adults often think of marriage as a source of happiness and an escape from their imperfections. Janie thinks that just because a man puts a ring on your finger, means that you are in love. This is one of the most common mistakes that women make. Many older divorced women often regret this mistake they made in their life. Before granny died, she said love will come overtime. However when she married Logan Killicks, life had a different plan. (Kylie<3)

__**CHAPTER 4**__

Janies chance for falling in love is getting closer and closer with the help of a man she meet shoping( joe sparks) nd the help of logan pushing her away with their consistant arguing! for a couple of weeks janie and joe would meet in secret to flirt and get to know each other better. JOe about two week after they meet has one more dream to add to his great ambitions. He askes Janie to forget Logan and run away with him and get married! Janie goes home with a tough choose on her hands not really sure what to do, but with the help of a huge argument her and logan had that night and the next morning she runs away to live with joe in Florida and to get married.(big John)

Janie's chance at love and appreciation lies with the choice of leaving Logan for the charming Joe Starks, who fulfills her wildest dreams only after a few sultry//**,(a play on words because sultry means hot and humid but also means sensual and voluptuous),**//minutes conversing in the security of companionship. Joe soon makes his intentions for the young Janie clear, he means to make her his wife creating completion in his life while simultaneously creating an astounding opportunity for Janie's neglected emotions. She ponders the thought of establishing a new life with the seemingly flawless Joe that night, with Logan by her side only adding to her confusion on her next move. Her mind is now made; racing with thoughts of her beautiful ladder to pluck the sinful fruit of the pear tree and fulfill her desires.(Mike)

Janie realizes so much about herself when she is with Logan Killicks. __SHE IS NOT IN LOVE__. She knows she is not in love with him and will no longer stand for the fact that she is living with this man that she has no kind of physical or intellectual interest in. ALong comes Joe Starks. A man that tells her that he can treat her right and show her the world better then her husband can. In many situations for girls, men can whisper sweet nothings in your ear and they can make you feel like you are on top of the world and that is exatcly what Joe Starks began to do to Janie. Janie fell for it to the point she left her husband and remarried.[JAMiLA] This is a major change in Janie’s life. Her love for her husband Logan is a stand still and slowly declining with every argument and frustration that he makes her suffer. However Janie’s happiness is not all lost. When she meets Joe Sparks, she soon finds the thing she was desperately searching for inside of Logan…love. I believe she is learning that sometimes the risk of love is worth taking. When Janie ran away to Florida with Joe, I believe she found out that, it was the best mistake she could have made. =) (kylie <3)

__CHAPTER 5__
Joe and Janie are new comers to a little town in florida called Eatonville. Srtaight up when they got there joe strarted to show off his wealth and power buy buying more land to make the town bigger and opening more stores aslo evn putting up lamps for the town. The towns people are very thankful but they also see that power is going to his head expecialy when he becomes mayor. He also exposes wht he truly think of women. As straight up cooks and cleaners. Did Janie pick another wrong self absorbed power hungry man. Or is she stuck in the same problem she was in with logen!( Big John)

 Sometimes, it may be hard for somebody to except help from others. I understand everythig that everybody in chapter 5 is going through because just like them I dont like when new people come around and try and change the order of things. Joe Starks entered the town and began so many changes. He opened a store, tried to get the colored to work in the post office, and brought street lamps. How can somebody that has been around for such short of time change things so fast? Many changes were for the better and not alot of the people are appreciating the hard work and effort he is putting in to make the town better in so many ways. Right now, Joe is showing that he needs Janie's help, but he is treating her so disrespectful in front of many people.[JAMiLA]

Joe’s acquisition of his new position as mayor has benefited the town but caused turmoil in the recesses of the townsfolk’s minds. Although his contributions to the town are much obliged they cannot help but realize that he is becoming power hungry, throwing his authority around as in a totalitarian dictatorship. Janie is starting to feel neglected

CHAPTER 6

In this chapter of the book really shows how women in some relationships are treated back in the day. They are treated wrongfully and unfairly with no respect and self confidence cause all the man are putting them down. Janie works at Jody’s store and all she does is to the stories that the men are saying outside on the porch of the store. She isnt allowed to mingle with them cause Jody thinks they are unworhty of her presence. A few days later Jody buys a run away mule from a cruel and homely owner for $5 to give the animal a break. When the mule died Janie through a party for it she wasnt allowed to come. Jody said it wasnt a place for a women. Years went by and the arguing just got worse and worse. About seven years and a day Janie and Jody had a really bad argument and Jody finaly gives her one big slap across the face. Hanie can see their love growing farther and farther apart!!(Big John)

Every life is not promise to see tomorrow. That is a perfect example for this chapter. Everyone and everything has to live like tomorrow is not an option. Matt mistreated the mule in the worse ways and left it in the worse conditions possible. He only thought of the mule to do work, but he never really realized how much the mule was worth until Jody tried to buy it. He began to explain to Jody that the mule was worth more then his offer because they had been through so much and that the mule was too stubborn to do any work for him. But, that was his only worries: he never realized that Jody bought the mule to let him rest and have peace because he was to under weight and close to dying. Janie was so proud of Jody because she never knew that he had any kind of care for the mule. The mule was later found dead under a tree in the worse kind of position for a dead animal, but it would have been more unordinary for him to not die. Janie wanted to go to the dragging-out, but Jody wouldn't let her because he didn't want her around all those people. Secretly, Jody didn't want people around Janie because he was very jealous and wanted to keep what he thought was actually his. So, Janie stayed and watched over the store while everybody went to the dragging-out. Janie was beginning to really realize how Jody controls her and treats her so bad, when with out her help he wouldn't be where he is now.[JAMiLA]


 * In my opinion, the mule is a mere vagary of perception in the lives of Janie and the other townsfolk, it is a symbol for the poor and unfortunates and the wickedness of people and how far they are willing to go to have fun. Janie is utterly disturbed at the audacity to treat an animal this way; Joe steps in and protects the mule by buying it from Matt but is nonchalant towards Janie. **

Chapter 7 When people are in a marridge they dont nomaly worry about what they look untill about 15 to20 years after they start to see sertain parts start to sag and other parts start to sink.haha. In this case jody one notices that he isnt as ferm and lean as he used to be. He is straight up beer gut double chin and evry thing. When he notices these changes he gets mad alot and take out his anger on janie who even though getting old is still pretty good looking. Jody trys to bring her down by insulting her body and making her look stupid. One day while jody was yelling at janie in the store jody pushed her to far and janie insulted him back so hard he lost his 20 year reputation in an instant. Jody, full of imbaresment and anger lashes at her and running at her till Janie ran out of the store.(Big John)

"FROM WHAT WE GET, WE CAN MAKE A LIVING; WHAT WE GIVE, HOWEVER, MAKES A LIFE." -ARTHUR ASHE. In some ways Janie follows this famous quote because she does so much for Jody and she believes it is a life, but its not the one that she wants to live. Jody takes her for granted and does not appreciate everything that she does for him. Jody continues to critize Janie about her looking a little bit aged, but he has no room to talk because Janie is much younger then he is. Jody never understands how much he hurts Janie by his words. It was just this one day that he pushed Janie to far and she lashed back out him. [It is hard to play Janie's part because I am the complete opposite of her. I would have been put my fist in his face and left him for the way he talks to her.HAHAHA =>] Jody was embarassed that Janie said all of that in front of so many people, so, he hit her [she a good one cuz' if it was me i would have been in jail serving life by now =>][JAMiLA]
 * Janie is beginning to see the effects that Father Time has bestowed upon not so much herself, but to Jody. His young appeal has vanished and his pugnacious belly is long gone, looking like a sack of abyss hanging from his abdominals. His young spirit is also gone; seeming almost senile compared to his younger days. Janie is especially disturbed at the way he treats her in the store, degrading her only human mistakes and insulting her. She seems to be stuck in wonderment at his audacity to mention her age when he is much older than her, so she talks back to him. Joe turns primal and punches the living daylights out of her.(Mike) **

Chapter 8
 * Joe’s paranoia is his downfall because he becomes ill from his treatment from the witch doctor and his poor kidneys which should have been treated months ago. He fails to see the strife that he has put upon Janie and to finally let him know, she visits him on his death bed.(Mike) **

Jody and Janie finally figured out why his body is sagging so much and why he is feeling really sick. It turn out that all of that hatred and agression that he turned and unleshed on Janie came back and bit him right in the but. His kidneys have fail him and he is going to die in a few days. Janie goes to vist him but not for sorrow but for her to speak her mind. As Jody is dieing right in front of her face Janie unleshes all of her anger on Jody so that he can her what she has been going through for the past 20 years. Jody dies and the last few minutes that he was alive all he herd was mostly how bad he treated Janie. Janie not sad at all but actually happy left the room trying to give the people want they want by looking full of sorrow.(Big John)

"THOSE WHO DENY FREEDOM TO OTHERS DESERVE IT NOT FOR THEMSELVES." - ABRAHAM LINCOLN. This quote basically follows KARMA. Jody treated Janie like a little slave in the store. She always had to do what he said when he said. Why did she have to be treated that way? All her life Janie has been ran by other people. She has been living the life that other people have planned out for her not the life that she wants to live. Her grandmother tells her to get married, then she marries a dumb dumb, and then she runs off just to be bossed around some more. Nobody deserves to be treated that way by nobody, especially people that are not their parents. KARMA came right back on Jody. He did so much to make Janie's life a living hell and now he is sick. He is acting like he is resenting Janie for putting him out in front of people. All Jody is trying to do is put the blame on Janie for why he is the way he is. But, he has been sick for too long, its to late to save his life and Janie just felt that it was perfect timing for her to go in and tell him exactly how she felt. Jody couldn't go anywhere so he had no choice, but to listen to Janie although he wanted her out of the room. Janie laughed in his misery, fixed herself up, and ran and told everyone that JODY WAS DEAD! [JAMiLA]

Chapter 9 As Janie’s life goes on she try to act sad over Jody’s death but on the inside she is full of happiness and releaf. She wonder what she will do with her life. She thought she would go see her mom but she dosent want any thing to do with her. Also she Finds out that she hates her grandma for leading her down the wrong path of life. Full of wealth not love. After a while other man start to come up toJanie wanting to know if she is interrested in having another man but Janie blows them all off like tumble weeds in the dessert. She just isnt ready to have another man just yet in my opinion. I am not sure if she will want another relationship after having ones like Logen and Jody.(Big John)

Jody's death had no affect on Janie's life except the fact that she was happy he was gone. So happy that she told her best friend Pheoby exactly how she felt. Pheoby didn't think it was right for Janie to be so happy, but it is really the first time in her life that she has been happy because she has nobody to boss her around anymore. Since Janie had nothing left to do with herself, she wanted to go meet her mom, but she didn't know how it would have been. All the years that had passed, she just decided it was best not to have anything to do with her. She is realizing how life would really have been for her without any big responsibilities or people telling her what to do. [JAMiLA]
 * The funeral of the late mayor Starks was a morbid time for all but one, Janie, she is free now without the bondage of Nanny, Logan, Joe, to be her own woman now and conduct her life the way she wants to be. She only tells this to Pheoby and to no one else.(Mike) **

CHAPTER 10

Life must go on. Janie is continuing with her life without Jody in it, but she is making new friends along the way. Janie meets a man named Vergible Woods also known as Teacake. Teacake came off as a very nice person to Janie, but Hezekiah doesn't want her talking to him. Everyday brings some things and many new ideas. It's good to learn something and be taught the right way by somebody. [JAMiLA]  Many women who have been in Janies footsteps ethier don’t trust man any more or don’t even bother. Janie has been avoiding man ever sense Jody died but on a very important game day like 9 months after jody died a man lost who tried to go to the game found him self in Janies store.Teacake supposedly is hooked at the starton Janie so he trys to sweet talk her They spend all day together he teaching her all sorts of thins that jody never did. They became instant friends. Teacake let and said the he would come back. Janies woundering if this is a friendship or something else!(big john) Just when Janie makes a silent vow to always let herself be free, an unfamiliar face comes into the store asking for chewing tobacco. He is smooth on a level that Janie has never seen before yet she is a bit reluctant to embrace him. He teaches her how to play checkers and they play for a while. Janie doesn’t find out his name until he gets ready to leave, it is a sensuous Tea Cake or Vergible Woods.(mike) **

CHAPTER 11

Hezekiah began to worn Janie about Teacake telling her that he was not a good person for her. Hezekiah was telling her that he was bad for her because a lot of people have had talks around the town on how much he never does anything. Many people don’t like for you to tell them things that they don’t want to hear. Janie is that type of person. Hezekiah was trying to warn her and she was not trying to listen to what he has to say. I believe Janie likes Teacake because she is missing the comfort a proper man by her side. Once Jody died along came Teacake and filled her needs that she was missing in a man. [JAMiLA] Janie is very conscientious about teacake. She is not sure if he is good or bad. Like many girls in this predicament ask other people what they think of the person. So jaine asks Hezekiah what he thinks of him cause teacake has been gone for a week and she is wondering what happened. He thinks Teacake is just looking for some money to get out of her. He thinks he lives at womens houses but dosent marry them. Teacake come back and Janie was going to at cold around him but the minute she saw him his charm took over her. They spend a whole nother day together and get closer and closer. They go fishing and play checkers. Teacake leaves and says I will be right back but I gone for a few days and Janie is worrying about what he is doing. I t turn out for the last few days he has been working like a go to buy a car so he can take Janie on a picnic date in style.(Big John)


 * Janie’s interest in Tea Cake is uneasy; she wants to know more about him but is reluctant to ask anyone, so they will not know that she is interested in him. Hezekiah has caught on and feels threatened by Tea Cake’s presence and all of the town members thinks that he is only after Janie’s inherited sum of money from her late husband.(mike)  **

CHAPTER 12

<span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #1369e7; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">Everyone is trying to convince Janie that Teacake is nothing but a gold digger. That he is only there to help her spend all the money she already has. Janie really believes that Teacake is in “love” with her and that he is a great man for her. Many people believe that she can not possibly love Teacake because of the age difference. But, they are really trying to prove that age is nothing but a number.[JAMiLA]

The people of the town are starting to figure out what is going on with Teacake and Janie and they are not to happy about it. Especially Janies best friend Pheoby.Evry one in the town thinks that Teacake isn’t good enough for Janie but Janie thinks so. Pheoby takes Janie down to the lake to talk about her and Teacake. And how Janie really feels Jody passing away. Later that night Janie told Pheoby that Teacake and her are going to get married and are moving to Jacksonville.(big John)
 * The town knows Janie’s secret and they are bewildered at the fact that her husband died only nine months before and she is inclined to create a substantial relationship with Tea Cake, but they don’t know how he makes her feel and how much she trusts him.(Mike) **

CHAPTER 13

<span style="COLOR: #1369e7; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">Janie was so confident in leaving and riding the train to Jacksonville. That is a very risky thing to do because there are no promises that Teacake was really going to be there for her to get married. As soon as Janie arrived, Teacake was there to meet her to get married. She sent him off to get fish and he never returned back. Janie began to think was she really dumb to follow after a man that up and disappears and with her money. The next day while Janie was sleeping, Teacake returned playing music. Although Janie was mad, she couldn’t help but not be all that mad because he really proved that he wouldn’t leave her like everyone has been saying and he returned her money and some. [JAMiLA]

Janie is Finally leaving her town to go live in Jacksonville with Teacake. Pheoby tells her to bring along $200 just in case. When Janie arrives teacake welcomes her with open arms. The next day she wakes up and finds out that she he was gone and He took her $200. He spent her money on food for all of the workers. He gets back with just $18 and Janie is furious. Teacake tells her what happened and said he couldent control him self but he will get it all back. He went back to the work yard to gamble and he won all of his money back and more. One guy got really mad and Teacake kicked his ass. Teacake got back with over to the apartment to give back Janies money and Got back her trust.(big John)


 * Janie and Tea Cake are now living together in Jacksonville and it seems as if Tea Cake has left with her $200 that she had, she fears the worst and waits for him to come back. He has an appropriate explanation for his doings and didn’t want her to see any commonness in him.(Mike) **

Chapter 14 Janie is Astonished by the sights of the Everglades. Evry thing was so big and new to her like a new born child in the world. Lake Okechobeematched its sourndings with its beauty. It is summer time and growing season is come. Janie and teacake arrive before the over flowing rush of workers and have plenty of time to find a job and not only just a place to stay but a place to live. As the season went on janie is getting happier and happier. Teacake and Janie spend all of their spair time together and their love gets stronger and stronger. Janie even learn how to shoot and gets better then teacake. Over the summer time Janie gets a job in the bean field as well so her and Teacake can spend even more time together. Their love continues to grow without any Problems.(Big John) <span style="COLOR: #1369e7; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="COLOR: #1379e7; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="COLOR: #1369e7; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">THE M0ST BEAUTiFUL DiSC0VERY TRUE S0UL MATES MAKE iS THAT THEY CAN GR0W SEPERATELY WiTH0UT GR0WiNG APART.-ELiSABETH F0LEY. In the Everglades, the plants are growing symbolizing the love of Teacake and Janie's love growing stronger for one another. If you really care about somebody, you realize you do all you can for the person no matter what. Janie and Teacake are proving this because they do not want to be apart from each other. It's astonishing how they have been through many problems and situations and through it all they love each other. They don't give up on each other because of their problems. [JAMiLA]

Chapter 15 Things couldnt get much better for janie. She has all she wants. Shes able to socialize with people, tell stories and laugh. To top it all off she has a loving husband but one day she sees Teacake talking to a lil chunky girl, Nunkie. For a few weeks they talk more and more and Janie gets a ll worried. Then one she sees that Teacake ran off and she did Know where he went and when she found them they were wrestling on the ground. Janie chases her away and then runs away her self. For the rest of the night Teacake runs after Janie and explains to her wut happened and he wont talk to her again. They fall asleep on top of each other from wrestling around and janie is happy again.(Big John)

<span style="COLOR: #1369e7; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"JEALoUSLY iN RoMANCE iS LiKE SALT iN FooD. A LiTTLE CAN ENHANCE THE SAVoR, BUT Too MUCH CAN SPoiL THE PLEASURE AND UNDER CERTAiN CiRCUMSTANCES, CAN BE LiFE-THREATENiNG" -MAYA ANGELoU. Janie got herself upset for no reason. She was getting so jealous of Nunkie because she was flirting with Teacake. "FREEDoM LiES iN BEiNG BoLD." -RoBERT FRoST. That is exactly how Nunkie was thinking when she kept flirting with Teacake. With every time she saw him, she grew more bold. But, that's just life. You are always going to run into people that want what you have and try to take what is not theirs. Janie let Nunkie get the best of her when she found out that they went off into the fields together. "FiGHTiNG iS A MASCULiNE iDEA; A WoMAN'S WEAPoN iS HER ToNGUE" -HERMoiNE GiNGoLD. With this Janie didn't fight Teacake with her tongue; she tried to use her fist. But, as soon as Teacake reassured her that Nunkie meant nothing to him, their fight became very passionate.[JAMiLA] __ Chapter 16 __

Their first season was over and all the workers decided to leave and come back the next season but Janie and Teacake decided to stay cause they liked it there. Janie decided to go talk and see Mrs. Turner. They always say each other but never had the time to talk. They started to spend some time together and Mrs. Turner Told Janie how she felt on black people. It turns out that she is a miss shapend ugly old black women who hates black people even though she is black her self. She was trying to set Janie up with her brother but Janie wasn’t going for it. When Mrs. Turner left come to find out teacake was listening to their conversation the whole time. Teacake hates that women and never wants her to come around his house again.(big john)

<span style="COLOR: #1369e7; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"PRECoNCEiVED NoTioNS ARE THE LoCKS oN THE DooR To WiSDoM." -MERRY BRoWNE. Mrs. Turner is the most racist person I have ever heard of. The way she puts her own culture down is beyond dissrespectful. Especially for her to think that it was okay for her to interfere in Teacake and Janie's relationship is beyond unacceptable."WE CANNoT CoNTRoL THE EViL ToNGUES oF oTHERS; BUT A GooD LiFE ENABLES US To DiSREGARD THEM." - CATo THE ELDER. Alot of people can understand what Teacake is feeling after hearing Mrs.Turner talk so bad about him to Janie. Anybody could tell that alot of what Mrs.Turner was saying was going through one ear and out of the other when she was talking to Janie. But, Janie was not trying to be disrespectful. [JAMiLA]

__ Chapter 17 __ It is payday and everyone is having fun spending money and drinking. Some people go from house to house tom drink and have fun. Two of these guys were Sterrett and Coodemay. They head over to Mrs.Turners house where a whole bunch people are at including Teacake. When they get there after a while they start to cause some tention in the room and Teacake trys to throw them out but they refused. So Teacake starts to fight both of them and Mrs. Turner come in the room and think it would have been better just to let them be. She goes into the middle of the controversy and trys to stop everyone but she got hurt herself. After a while Sterrett and Coodemay stop fighting apologize and leave. Mrs. Turner was so mad she moved away/ teacake got what he wanted!(Big John)

<span style="COLOR: #1369e7; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"iF A MAN'S CHARACTER iS To ABUSE, SAY WHAT YoU WiLL, THERE'S N0B0DY LiKE A REALTioN To Do THE BUSiNESS." -WiLLiAM MAKEPEACE THACKERY Once again, jeaslousy is a virtue for these two once Mrs.Turner brings her brother around. Teacake felt the need to hit Janie. Although Teacake hates Mrs.Turner, he tries to get on her good side. <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> “A FiGHT iS NoT WoN BY oNE PUNCH oR KiCK. EiTHER LEARN To ENDURE oR HiRE A BoDYGUARD." -BRUCE LEE. Teacake tried his hardest to break up the fight for Mrs.Turner in her restaurant, but she was still dissatisfied. Through it all Mrs.Turner was injured because of the fight and she was more angry about them fighting. [JAMiLA]

CHAPTER 18 <span style="COLOR: #1369e7; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="COLOR: #1369e7; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"WE HAVE TWo EARS AND oNE MoUTH SO THAT WE CAN LiSTEN TWiCE AS MUCH AS WE SPEAK." -EPiCTETUS. Teacake was understanding what Lias was saying, but it was like he was more focused about losing time to make money then the safety of him and Janie. Many people warned him about the flood that was under way, but Teacake had his eyes set on money for the following day. Teacake began to believe that Janie wished to stay in her big house instead of being in the middle of a shack with him. Janie has a love for Teacake that she had not felt in her past relationships. So, reassuring him that she would be any where he wanted to be, he is learning that she has feelings he did not know existed for him. As the flood began to rise, Janie was trying to get herself to safety, but a dog was trying to attack her at the same time. Teacake tried to seize the dog, but the dog ended up biting Teacake on the cheek. Janie was more then grateful for Teacake saving her life.[JAMiLA]

CHAPTER 19

"HE WHo DoES NoT FEAR DEATH CARES NOT FoR THREATS" -PiERRE CoRNEiLLE. If Teacake could go by this he would, but he does not want to get killed and leave Janie. Teacake is forced to go down the road and help bury dead bodies in the Everglades.