Well,
I can remember the beginning of the book began with Janie coming back from the
place that she is going to in these chapters so this must be where the story
ends. I really liked the part about how
Tea Cake taught Janie how to shoot a gun and she actually becomes better at it
than him. I could be totally wrong but I
feel a sort of foreshadowing in this part.
He talks about how she has to learn how to shoot a gun even if it’s to
kill someone who deserves it—seems like she might someday possibly.
I
cannot believe that Janie just forgives Tea Cake after he leaves her for a day
and a night when he was only getting fish.
He was out spending her money and having fun without even consulting
her. Now, maybe I’m just being a girl
but I would be angry. She seemed a
little upset at first when he finally told her but then she just brushed it off—seriously? I would be worried sick and here he is just
out spending her money. Well, after this
incident he so far seems like a better man for her, up until the incident with
the younger girl that flirts with him. She
had every right to be jealous. I was
kind of sad when there wasn’t even a fight—Janie just runs home. I’d be mad if some woman started making moves
my husband.
More
beautiful imagery in these chapters but there was one that stood out to me on
pg. 122. “So her sould crawled out from
its hiding place” (Hurston). I love the
imagery of her being trapped with the other men not being allowed to show her
true identity and freedom. With Tea Cake
she is allowed to show openly her feelings and her true self.
I thought that too (the part where Tea Cake teaches Janie how to use a gun). Whether she will use it in the future or not is unclear, but I have a feeling something might happen. Janie is already a grown, experienced woman so her learning new things like that might come into play sometime. Hmm, we shall see what happens.
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