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  1. Last 7 days
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    1. So the day of the funeral they came with shame and apology in their faces. They

      His friends just wanted to get back for him but they knew wither were wrong and wanted to make things right with Janie.

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    1. Everybody was walking the fill. Hurrying, dragging, falling, crying, calling out names hopefully and hopelessly.

      This hurricane really damaged all the peoples homes and families creating chaos everywhere.

  4. May 2026
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    1. She’s color-struck. She ain’t got de kind of uh mind you meet every day.

      Tea Cake shares how Mrs.Turner really is and how she isn’t a normal person but thinks differently than others usually do.

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    1. Ah jus’ couldn’t see mahself married to no black man. It’s too many black folks already. We oughta lighten up de race.”

      Mrs. Turner is racist and thinks she is better since she is a light skin instead f a darker skin. She doesn’t really like how Janie and Tea Cake are together.

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    1. Sometimes Tea Cake lost heavily, for there were several good gamblers on the lake. Sometimes he won and made Janie proud of his skill.

      This part shows how Janie supports him for his skill and how she is proud of him for what he does.

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    1. He took her head in his hands and eased himself into the chair. She still didn’t say anything

      Janie was mad at him for not returning sooner and not letting her know why he was gone for so long. He tried to make her feel better.

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    1. Folks seen you out in colors and dey thinks you ain’t payin’ de right amount uh respect tuh yo’ dead husband

      Many people from the town felt like Janie wasn’t grieving and that Tea Cake just wants her for her money.

  11. Apr 2026
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    1. He set it up and began to show her and she found herself glowing inside

      This shows how Janie is falling for him and that she is finally happy and getting butterflies.

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    1. Dese strange men runnin’ heah tryin’ tuh take advantage of yo’ condition.”

      These shows how guys were trying to get Janie because she was single now and they all wanted her so she had to be careful.

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    1. You done lived wid me for twenty years and you don’t half know me atall.

      This shows how he never really cared for Janie and she knew he could have done better to get to know her for all these years.

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    1. never told her how often he had seen the other men figuratively wallowing in it as she went about things in the store

      He is very jealous and controlling which abuses to problems in their marriage.

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    1. A pretty doll-baby lak you is made to sit on de front porch and rock and fan yo’self and eat p’taters dat other folks plant just special for you.”

      Joe is kind of what Janie is looking for and is sweetly flirting with her.

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    1. She didn’t say anything to match up with Nanny’s gladness either.

      Janie didn’t want to get married but her Nanny thought it was the best for her and she should be happy but instead has an attitude.