Motorboat is too easy going so he’ll most likely die in the hurricane

We see that tea cake is really just an insecure man that can’t handle himself.

We meet Mrs turner and we see that she’s racist but Janie looks past it since she wants to make friends and we see that there is judgment between them.

Janie was scared that Nunkie would take tea cake and she would lose one of the only people that actually somewhat cared for her and loved her

Janie sees this as her own place where she can start over without anyone judging her, like how she wanted in chapter 12

Logan puts down Janie the whole time and that’s what finally breaks her

Janie knew what was happening but still wanted to deny it