Nanny also speaks directly about the lack of control that black people; especially black women have over their world. ... Despite the fact that this was done by Nanny to try and protect Janie from the horrible fate of so many other black women, that kind of protection is very controlling, even if it isn't meant to be. ... Her constant thoughts of how she would watch others perish is important to show that she would control those people, so to speak, in order to get some sort of revenge, as shown in this excerpt from when she is making one of her trips into town, "I always thought about ro...

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Walking down the stairs at the end of the school day, I was as happy as can be, because I had brought my rollerblades to school so I could skate at SACC on the black top. ... We drove up the long gravel driveway, daisy the fat orange cat scampered across to get out of the way of the big red van. ...

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• Grade Level: High School