... a black woman in their society, in order to make her understand why she must marry Logan Killicks. "Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. . . So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He picks it up because he have to, but he don't tote it ... . He hand it to his womenfolks. De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see" (14). In their society the rank of people is determined first by their color, and then by their gender. Black women, being the ... is capable of doing that. "" . . . mah wife don...

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... is remarkably domineering and determined in her attempt to find the love she envisions as a child. Her societal status is made clear to her by her grandmother, with "De white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have to, but he don't tote it. He hand it to his womenfolks ... . De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see"(Hurston, 14). This station imposed on her by society as an African-American female is something she continuously tries to prevail over, becoming ... ...

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... and important life lessons to share with the world. Love ain't somethin" lak uh grindstone dat's de same thing everywhere and do de same thing to everything it touch. Love is lak de sea. It's uh movin" thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it's different with every shore (182). Janie's journey doesn't turn out exactly ... ...

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... yuh fuh yo" compliments, but mah wife don't know nothin" "bout no speech-makin". Ah never married her for nothin" lak dat. She's uh woman and her place is in de home."(40) This shows the sort of space she was limited to in her relationships and she faced one form or another of it throughout her marriages. In addition, as ... Tea Cake spoke about beating Janie to Sop-de-Bottom, he said, "Ah beat her tuh show dem Turners who is boss."(141) Tea Cake even whips Janie to express his possession of her to Ms. Turner's brother. Even ... she is never happy with the relationship. When Janie goes...

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... half of the novel is in this form. An excellent example of this writing style is found on pg. 87 when Janie says "Ah'm gone tuh de house. Lemme know when dat ol' pee-de-bed is gone and Ah'll be right back." Ellison uses some colloquial diction and slang, but not nearly so much, since his main character was trying ... ...

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... grandmother could not understand why she did not love him, as he had sixty acres of land. Janie did not love him, and describes him as ". . . some ole skullhead in de grave yard" [13] and his house as "a lonesome place like a stump in the middle of the woods . . . absent of flavor" [20]. Janie's eyes are still full of pollen dust, and ... to sacrifice everything for each other. Janie is "thankful fuh anything [they came] through together" [158], and Tea Cake calls Janie "mah wife and mah woman and everything else in de world Ah needs" [119]. When she's with Tea Cake, Janie allows her "s...

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... here and put a lot of brag, but tain't nothin' to it but yo' big voice. Humph! Talkin' bout me lookin' old! When you pull down yo' britches, you look lak de change uh life- (78). Tea Cake Woods, who meets Janie after the death of Joe Starks, is a creative and vivacious man who enjoys exploring the world. Tea Cake is the ... more admirable character by showing respect and love toward Janie. Where as Jody treats her as an object. "Come tuh see bout you. De boogerman liable tuh tote yuh off whilst Ah'm gone- (132). Furthermore, in The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, could not be...

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... she actually falls in love with "Janie, Ah hope God may kill me, if Ah"m lyin". Nobody else on earth kin hold uh candle tuh you, baby. You got de keys to de kingdom". Janie is warned by her friends to be cautious of Tea Cake because he is considerably younger than she is and is considered to be a wild card, however ... ...

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... half of the novel is in this form. An excellent example of this writing style is found on pg. 87 when Janie says "Ah'm gone tuh de house. Lemme know when dat ol' pee-de-bed is gone and Ah'll be right back." Ellison uses some colloquial diction and slang, but not nearly so much, since his main character was trying ... ...

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... crumpled by folks throwin" up things in yo" face" (Hurston 20). Nanny wanted Janie to marry Logan Killicks, but according to Janie "he look like some ole skull-head in de grave yard" (Hurston 28). Logan demanded things of Janie that she did not wish to do and tried to push her into his mold of a perfect wife. Janie did not ... longer has her own identity). "Mah wife don't know nothin "bout no speech-makin". Ah never married her for nuthin" lak dat. She's uh woman and her place is in de home" (Hurston 69). It soon becomes apparent that Joe was only interested in having a wife to use as a...

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... security for Janie. Nanny saw Logan as a hard-working farmer, with a comfortable house. Janie saw him as old and unattractive. Janie says, "He look like some ole skullhead in de grave yard." From her marriage with Logan, Janie learns that marriage does not necessarily mean love. She learns that being the wife of a farmer isn't enough for her, and ... ...

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... age of slavery. For example, Nanny explains to Janie how Leafy (Nanny's daughter) was raped by white men and their masters. "Dat school teacher had done hid her in de woods all night long, and he had done raped mah baby and run on off just before day" (Hurston 93). By using verisimilitude of blacks' inferiority to whites, Hurston ... ...

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... and put out a lot of brag but tain't nothing to it but yo" big voice. Humph! Talkin" "bout me looking" old! When you pull down yo" britches you look lak de change uh life." (Pg. 79) This fight is the gun shot which marked the first part of the internal change, which Janie went through. From this point on the authors ... ...

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... some time. He's round thirty his ownself. Don't keer what it was, she could stop and say a few words with us. She act like we done something to her/ She de one been doin" wrong. (TEWWG, 3) Barely two pages after Hurston's charming introduction, she presents us with lines like these. We have been introduced to the town's people, and the mood ... ...

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... 'se Mrs. Mayor Starks, Janie. I god, Ah can't see what uh woman uh yo' stability would want tuh be treasurin' all dat gum-grease from folks dat don't even own de house dey sleep in. " By him thinking Janie was better than the town's people, it led to the way she was treated by society. All of the women in Eatonville ... ...

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... yuh fuh yo" compliments, but mah wife don't know nothin" "bout no speech-makin". Ah never married her for nothin" lak dat. She's uh woman and her place is in de home." (Hurston 43) Janie's relationship with Jody ends when Jody dies from kidney failure. Janie's third and final relationship is with Vergible Woods. The two meet when Janie is left ... ...

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... ] old- (77). One night at the store after more ridicule from Joe, Janie fights back saying, " Talkin' bout me lookin' old! When you pull down yo' britches, you look lak de change uh life- (79). Janie commits the unthinkable in humiliating Joe before those he needs to feel superiority over. With this comment, Joe's ego suffers irreperable damages as he loses ... ...

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... off decent like, do yuh? You just wants to hug and kiss and feel around with the first one man and then another, huh? You wants to make me suck de same sorrow yo" mamma did, eh? Mah ole head ain't gray enough. Mah back ain't bowed enough to suit yuh!" Because of her attitude, nanny actually restricted Janie from growing ... ...

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... the trust they can rely on one another anytime. Tea Cake gives Janie whatever he can offer. "From now on, you gointuh eat wahutever mah money can buy and wear de same. When Ah ain't got nothin" you don't git nothin."(122) Tea cake loves Janie and wants her to be happy. He's the only one who gives Janie the freedom ... ...

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... learns to trust Joe and decides that Logan could never be her pear tree because she "hates the way his head is so long one way and so flat on de sides and that pone uh fat back uh his neck" (pg24.) She decides to leave and see if Joe could be the pear tree lover that she wishes for. For ... ...

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... characters in Janie's story. Nanny uses hair to symbolize rape when she is telling Janie about her childhood. Nanny tells how her master "made me let down mah hair for de last time" (17). This tells us about her forced rape without using such a harsh expression. Various people see Janie's hair as a sexual object. She uses her hair to attract Joe ... ...

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... she had been looking for her entire life and was willing to die just to be with him. For years, Janie was never content and always searching, but "God opened de door" and she found Tea Cake. God opened the door. God sent the storm. Janie and Tea Cake are destined to be together by God. She knows this and that ... ...

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