... desire for the beautiful marriage with love was still in her heart. While in the store that she and Jody once owned, Janie met this man named Tea Cake. Tea Cake and Janie flirt with each other and meet often. Janie is afraid that Tea Cake is a thief and a womanizer because his charm seems too good to be true. Janie realizes that Tea ... her purse with her money is missing. (pg114-115)The next day Tea Cake returns playing a guitar and assures Janie that he would never leave her. Tea Cake offers to pay Janie back the money by gambling. When Tea Cake returns he is badly beaten and cut. Tho...

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... her hair, her source of freedom and character. Janie eventually decides to live the life she has always wanted to live, and makes plans to marry Tea Cake, sell the store, and move out of town, all to the town's horror. Although no one is used to seeing Janie in this light, she strongly ... to strange new places like the Everglades. It is here in the Everglades that Janie would remain for the rest of her marriage with Tea Cake, agreeing to live off Tea Cake's money and plans, through thick and thin. This time represents happiness as well, because the reader can finally see Janie satisfied ...

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... for her sister's wedding reception to Pedro. Tita's mother, Mama Elena tortures Tita in doing this. Tita makes the wedding cake, but during the process she cries tears into the cake. Her tears are tears of sadness. These tears drop into the cake and everyone at the wedding becomes sick. This is because all of the people at the reception party begin to ... expresses her love and sorrow that she feels for Pedro. Through the cooking, family and friends experience love, sadness, happiness, and grief. In both of these pieces symbolism give a powerful message. It shows how a family can experi...

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... . "She felt like a child breaking the rules. That's what made Janie like it" (Hurston, 102). They also owned a bean field where Tea Cake spent most of his time working. He would miss Janie so much throughout the day that he has asked her to come work with him. Janie agreed willingly because ... a horrible headache. She had him get some rest but she began to notice his sickness had worsened. She had a doctor come take a look at Tea Cake and that's when they found out his sickness was from rabies. The doctor told her it was his condition was serious because he didn't treat it from the ... a...

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... and she finds it by searching for the right man to confine into. Janie does not find true happiness and fulfillment until she marries Tea Cake and experiences his love and respect. Tea Cake is Janie's true love. He wins Janie's heart with his carefree, fun-loving nature. She adores his energy and willingness to make her ... glad if was, 'cause then Ah might do somethin' tuh please yuh. But lak it is"(Ch.11). One of the reasons that Janie loves Tea Cake so much is that he is open with her, admitting his fear when he sees her angry and stating his strength of character to do anything t...

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... not combined with ambition, and he can openly express his love for Janie. Although Janie is cautious of his intentions and their age difference, Tea Cake continues to seek her out. "But it was no place to show her fear there in the darkness between the house and the store (Hurston ... recover. Before he is well, he decides they should go back to the muck. There he gets progressively sicker. Tea Cake has rabies and will probably not survive. The next day, however, Tea Cake becomes paranoid and attacks Janie with a pistol. She knows that he does not know what he is doing and is in ... as ...

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... marriage from a different point of view; "A marriage needs love". With this new point of view toward marriage, she meets a man, Tea Cake and falls in love. Surely, her third marriage with Tea Cake is full of flowers since it contains love. " "Tain't Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it's protection. Ah ain't ... just shows him an indifferent smile. Starks's crooked manner of expressing love does somehow bring a rose into her marriage life, however, with thorns. "But, Janie, Tea Cake, whilst he ain't no jail-bird, he ain't got uh dime tuh cry. Ain't you skeered he's jus after yo"...

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... life away from Eatonville, mostly affected by the three men she married during the time away. Each of the men, Logan Killicks, Joe Starks and Tea Cake, are all different in personality and the way they each treat Janie. Each of the men has also helped or hindered, in some cases, the growth ... and hold her back, but helps to bring life into the marriage. Tea Cake is a positive force, serving to encourage the growth of Janie's personality. Although Tea Cake is fundamental in her growth, he is not requisite to her life. Tea Cake ends up getting bit by a rabid dog while trying to escape t...

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... one thing she treasured the most, she never experienced true happiness. This is where Vergible Woods, a.k.a. Tea Cake comes into the picture. Janie met Tea Cake not long after the death of her second husband. Tea Cake was truly different from other men, he was loving and caring, and he did not ask anything in ... just ain't never learnt how") and praising her talents.(Verma). With him she felt free. Janie was able to have this kind of relationship with Tea Cake because he was carefree; he was not caught up in the social or political roles than most men strive for he just wanted to have f...

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... Neale Hurston, Janie Crawford encounters three marriages. One with a man named Logan Hillicks, a second with a man named Joe Starks, and another with a man named Tea Cake. Janie goes through different hardships between each marriage, and learns through each experience. Janie's relationship with Logan Hillicks was ugly and dull. What led Janie to Logan was that ... wins Janie's heart because he is so fun, loving, and nothing like her other husbands. Janie enjoys her freedom with Tea Cake, she is able to speak and do things freely. He encourages Janie, and makes her feel good about hersel...

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... saw her as no more than property. Janie lost her second husband to death and is from then on known as Mrs. Starks. Then a young man named Tea Cake comes into her life. They spend time together; they play games and share stories. They really have a foundation built in which to get married and try to have ... a life together. There foundation is based on all the right ideals, and special feelings that Tea Cake is a little reluctant to show, "I was skeered. Too skeered I might lose yuh."(Hurston 124) Janie truly loves Tea Cake and he married her for all the right reasons. He loves her and s...

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... . Jody's death sets her free: "Inside the expensive black folds were resurrection and life." At this point, Janie grasps her identity back. Meeting Tea Cake is the best thing that ever happened to Janie. He encourages her to know herself and to let everyone around her see exactly who she is. Unlike Jody ... , Tea Cake wants Janie to speak her mind. When they argue over whether Tea Cake really wants to take Janie to the picnic or not, he tells her to have the nerve to say what she ... opinions. She has learned what makes her happy and what she wants. This is Janie's first step toward bei...

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... around her son. She feels embarrassed because she doesn't think she acts like a normal mother. Laura attempts to bake a cake for her husband's birthday. However, she is not happy with the way the cake turns out. Laura appears unsure of how to make a cake and this could possibly add to her feelings of inadequacy both as a mother and husband. She seems to think ... that everyone will love it. After her friend Kitty has left, Laura loses the battle between herself and her feelings. Inadequacy gets the better of her and she drops the cake into the bin and prepares to begin over again. She l...

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... attempt to find the love that she has spent her whole life searching for, Janie meets a man named Tea Cake, who she feels an initial strong and mutual attraction with. Not even a year after Jody's passing, Janie decides to marry Tea Cake and together they move to the Everglades where they work together harvesting beans during the season. Again, Janie has found ... in Eatonville, Janie is no longer left out of the social circle and is free to join in conversation, play checkers and have an opinion about anything she pleases. Tea Cake treats Janie more like an equal, he is less concerned ...

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... task. She went through a series of tough tests and road bumps. Those steps were: escaping from nanny, the Killicks marriage, the Starks marriage, and the Tea Cake marriage. When Janie was growing up she lived with her Grandmother, or "nanny." Nanny truly cared about Janie and she wanted the best for her, but she didn ... 20 years! After two sour marriages it seemed as if she was doomed. That is until Tea Cake came along. Tea Cake gave something to Janie that her two previous marriages hadn't, love. He genuinely cared about her. Tea Cake wasn't a rich guy, but that didn't matter to Janie....

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... between lovers, and she wishes to be a pear tree. The image suggests a wholeness, which Janie finds only in the third marriage and relationship to Tea Cake. Janie's first marriage to Logan Killicks was mostly due to her grandmother's plans. Janie is forced to marry a man who she cannot love and who ... a real understanding and affection for Janie. He doesn't try to force Janie to be anything other than herself, and he treats her with respect. Tea Cake allows Janie to turn things around. When she says she wants to work in the fields beside him, he welcomes her company. In turn, she gladly...

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... happiness is to keep going until you find it. She finally finds this when she travels a little farther and meets the one and only, Tea Cake. Janie's true love is indeed Mr. Tea Cake Woods. Janie falls for him because of his carefree and loving nature. She loves the fact that Tea ... Cake tries so hard to make her his equal. Tea Cake is immediately seen differently when he teaches Janie how to play checkers because it shows that he believes Janie is smart enough to comprehend ... it and that she is worth more than just a trophy wife, unlike Logan and Joe. Tea Cake would listen and expres...

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... singing, and throwning grins over his shoulder. The sounds lulled Janie to soft slumber and then she woke up with Tea Cake combing her hair and scratching the dandruff from her scalp." Tea Cake and Janie obviously shared a special love between them as their relationship grew. The things he did for her made her feel ... unbelievable. They did things she had never even thought of. Tea Cake took her places she had never been. "To Janie's strange eyes, everything in the Everglades was big and new." Janie went to many new places and ... Logan or stayed in Eatonville with Joe. She would've j...

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... singing, and throwning grins over his shoulder. The sounds lulled Janie to soft slumber and then she woke up with Tea Cake combing her hair and scratching the dandruff from her scalp." Tea Cake and Janie obviously shared a special love between them as their relationship grew. The things he did for her made her feel ... unbelievable. They did things she had never even thought of. Tea Cake took her places she had never been. "To Janie's strange eyes, everything in the Everglades was big and new." Janie went to many new places and ... Logan or stayed in Eatonville with Joe. She would've j...

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... wants because Joe does not listen to her and makes her work in the store. Soon, however, Joe falls ill and dies. Another man, Tea Cake, begins to come around Janie after Joe's death. Tea Cake falls in love with Janie for the person she is and not the money she earns while she is with Joe. Janie loves Tea ... Cake for the compassion and respect he shows her, so the two marry and move south to the Everglades. The two live happily together by earning the money ... the midst of the hurricane, they pray and keep "their eyes watching God." Tea Cake saves Janie from a rabid-dog during the hur...

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... with homes that resemble shacks, and not much else. After Jody dies Janie commits to change once more by selling the store and running off with Tea Cake and leaving everything else as it is. When Janie and Jody move to Eatonville Joe quickly becomes a leader amongst the town and establishes his dominance from the ... 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 Janie ignores everyone's warning and continues on ...

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... that he made her feel less of a women. When Janie was about to close the store that her and Joe owned she a young guy named Tea Cake. In this relationship Tea Cake gave her happiness and made her feel loved. He makes her laugh and brings her joy. To her this is everything she wanted in a man. They ... spends lots of time together doing activities like playing card games and fishing, etc. Janie thinks about Tea Cake all the times because he makes her happy, the happiest than she has ever been before. She is in love for the first time ever. Other couples are jealous ... . The men are jealo...

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... to the point where she looks forward to the day Joe dies. Imagery of the plant is lacking during this time, but parallels Janie's decreasing happiness.  Tea Cake is introduced to Janie eight months later after her last husband Joe died. It was almost the time when it seems to her it is nearly impossible for ... her to experience love, but she is wrong. She and Tea Cake were well matched. Screaming and brimming with joy, they decided to get married once again. Tea Cake and Janie would talk "from grass roots tuh pine trees" without caring what anybody says (106). All they do ... last husb...

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... so she wouldn't be alone, but she knew she had made another bad decision. She was a caged bird. When Joe died she said she was done with guys. Then Tea Cake came along a few weeks later. Tea Cake walked into her life and treated her like a lady. Janie wanted the attention and fell for the bait that Tea ... Cake fished out. She didn't love him; she just wanted to feel loved by someone. Tea Cake knew she had money from her marriage to Joe and wanted to support his gambling problem. Once again, Janie has chosen a dysfunctional marriage." In the first ... "seeing herself seeing herself" dr...

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... her. However, she does not love Logan and runs off with Jody. This marriage also turns stale and after Logan's death she marries once more to Tea Cake which eventually ends with his own tragic death. These three marriages are quite similar in ways, yet Janie gains different experiences from each in her long journey ... 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 though Tea Cake just whips her to make sure he keeps her, Janie has to face being dominated in all her ...

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