... marry and who she wasn't even to think about. "What Ah seen just now is plenty for me, honey, Ah don't want no trashy negro, no breath-and-britches, lack Johnny Taylor using" yo" body to wipe his foots on. Brother Logan Killicks, he's a good man.......You answer me when Ah speak. Don't you set here pouting" wid me after all ... Ah done went through for you!" She is basically telling Janie that she can't marry Johnny Taylor, the one she is exploring her womanhood with, the one she wants, and that she must marry Logan, for protection. Towards the end of the book, Janie resents her ... ...

• Word Count: 1372
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... marry and who she wasn't even to think about. "Whut Ah seen just now is plenty for me, honey, Ah don't want no trashy negro, no breath-and-britches, lak Johnny Taylor usin" yo" body to wipe his foots on. Brother Logan Killicks, he's a good man.......You answer me when Ah speak. Don't you set dere poutin" wid me after all ... Ah done went through for you!" She is basically telling Janie that she can't marry Johnny Taylor, the one she is exploring her womanhood with, the one she wants, and that she must marry Logan, for protection. Towards the end of the book, Janie resents her ... ...

• Word Count: 1450
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... inside her and setting a standard of sexual and emotional fulfillment for the rest of her life. This revelation compelled Janie to seek out affection from a young boy named Johnny Taylor. Nanny witnesses Janie and Johnny sharing a kiss and immediately becomes overwhelmed with emotions, afraid that Janie will make the wrong choices in life. Since Nannie comes from a slave background where all aspects ... ...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... wants you to have, baby, it's protection. Ah ain't gittin" ole, honey. Ah"m done ole." (Their Eyes Were Watching God, Pg.14). After Nanny, Janie's Grandmother, sees Janie kissing a man, Johnny Taylor, she forces Janie to marry Killicks. To Nanny, who is expecting death at any time soon, Killicks seems perfect as Janie's husband since he has an unusual condition that ... ...

• Word Count: 1253
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... for living in the white people's backyard. Janie is sixteen and often ponders under a pear tree about life and her blossoming into a grown woman. Nanny wakes to find Janie kissing Johnny Taylor across the gate, she gets worried and decides it is time to marry off Janie to a wealthy, middle-aged, farmer named Logan Killicks. Though Janie at first protests she ... ...

• Word Count: 1912
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School