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  1. Last 7 days
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  4. May 2026
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    1. How kin you set and see yo’ wife all trompled on? You ain’t no kinda man at all. You seen dat Tea Cake shove me down! Yes you did! You ain’t raised yo’ hand tuh do nothin’ about it.”

      Turner didnt even try to stop the fight even when his wife was being trampled over

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    1. Since she hate black folks so, she don’t need our money in her ol’ eatin’ place.

      They’re not going to pay to eat at the white women’s restaurant because the white women doesn't like them because they’re black

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    1. She didn’t leave him itching and scratching in his work clothes, either. The kettle of hot water was already waiting when he got in.

      She had a bath ready for him when he got home so that way he didn't have to stay in dirty clothes

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    1. Tea Cake was spending and doing out of his own pocket, so Janie never told him about the two hundred dollars she had pinned inside her shirt next to her skin.

      She isn’t telling him about her money because she wants to see how it plays out with him paying for everything but she was cautious due to her past relationship.

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    1. Everybody was surprised at Janie playing checkers but they liked it.

      Everybody was surprised to see her playing because before she was always hiding herself because of her ex husband.

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  13. Apr 2026
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    1. The more people in there the more ridicule he poured over her body to point attention away from his own.

      Hes so insecure about himself that he starts projecting all his insecurity unto her so that way no one will really look at him. The more people there are, the mor he does this so there’s more eyes on her.

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    1. She had no right to be, the way he thought things out

      Why does he want her to have no right to her own emotions? He is a very controlling guy and doesn’t like the fact that she is independent and doesn’t need him.

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    1. She must look on herself as the bell-cow, the other women were the gang.

      She kind of wanted to fit in but she stands out as a sort of leader because she is with such a “powerful” man

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    1. Janie debated the matter that night in bed.

      She likes the idea of joe and being treated like a proper lady, but she also likes the safety and security that Logan gives her

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    1. She had glossy leaves and bursting buds and she wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her

      She wants to grow up so fast and she shows this through her explanation of nature around her.