Houses without roofs, and roofs without houses
The whole town is destroyed and messed up
Houses without roofs, and roofs without houses
The whole town is destroyed and messed up
A house down, here and there,
The wind was blowing so hard it was knocking down houses.
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
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
The next morning Janie asked like a woman, “You still love ole Nunkie?”
She’s jealous of junkies but is also asking him because they just had a romantic evening
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
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.
de older you gits, de less sense yuh got
They’re saying that the older she gets, the dumber she’s getting
Everybody was surprised at Janie playing checkers but they liked it.
Everybody was surprised to see her playing because before her husband died she was always hidden away
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.
Seemed as if she had known him all her life.
She was comfortable with him and just clicked automatically. Probably because he wasn’t abusive like her ex
They felt that it was not fitting to mention desire to the widow of Joseph Starks.
Many people wanted her romantically but it wasn’t appropriate given the circumstances
But Jody was never to get on his feet again.
Hes on his death bed
But Jody was never to get on his feet again.
He will never be healthy again, hes just on his death bed now
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.
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.
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
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
But Nanny, Ah wants to want him sometimes. Ah don’t want him to do all de wantin’.”
So she doesn’t actually love him? She was kind of forced into is?
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.