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  1. May 2026
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    1. Chapter 20 shows Janie returns to Eatonville after being a migrant worker with tea cake. She tells Pheoby her story, saying she has been to the horizon and back. She find peace in knowing that tea cake will forever live in her heart.

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    1. Chapter 19 shows that tea cake becomes ill and Janie takes him to the doctor and the doctor diagnosed tea cake with rabies. Tea cake becomes violent and tries to shoot Janie and Janie shoots him in self-defense.

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    1. Chapter 18. Janie and Tea cake decide to stay in their home even though a big hurricane is coming. When the storm hits and causes a flood, they have to swim for safety and Tea cake gets bitten by a dog while saving Janie.

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    1. Chapter 17 shows that Tea cake hits Janie because he feels jealous. A big fight happens at Mrs turner’s restaurant, which causes her to get upset and move a yaw from the town.

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    1. In chapter 16, the character of Mrs. Turner is introduced. Janie encounters Mrs turner, whose colorist views and preference for lighter skinned Black people challenge janie’s understanding of identity and community.

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    1. When she glanced around Tea Cake was gone. Nunkie too. She knew because she looked. “Where’s Tea Cake?” she asked Sop-de-Bottom.

      Janie was jealous of nunkie. Janie realized that nunkie and tea cake have disappeared, she asked where they are and then follows them into the cane fields.

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    1. chapter 14, they moved to Everglades to start a new life together. Unlike her pass marriages, Janie feels true happy and free because she can express herself and be part of a welcoming community.

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    1. in chapter 13, Janie woke up to find Tea cake gone and her hidden money is missing. Tea cake returns and explains that he used the money to treat friends and buy guitar.

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    1. Chapter 11 is when Janie meets tea cake and begins to fall in love with him. Janie’s relationship with him helps her discover true love and find herself.

  12. Apr 2026
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    1. Janie and Joe starks travel to the Eatonville. They rent a house and Joe buys land in the town. Janie’s relationship with Joe starks becomes more complex.

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    1. So you don’t want to marry off decent like, do yuh? You just wants to hug and kiss and feel around with first one man and then another, huh? You wants to make me suck de same sorrow yo’ mama did, eh? Mah ole head ain’t gray enough. Mah back ain’t bowed enough to suit yuh!

      Nanny’s experiences lead her believe that marriage to a stable man like Logan Killicks is the best way to protect Janie from a similar fate

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