Chapter 17 Quotes

"A great deal of the old crowd were back. But there were lots of new ones too."

Throughout the whole book there has been doubt about Tea Cake and Janie relationship. When Janie states the quote above she is talking about all the people that comments on their relationship, but now there is more than it already was in the begginning. Janie notices that the comments about their relationship are going to continue, but yet she ignores it.




"Uh person can see every place you hit her. Ah bet she never raised her hand tuh hit yuh back, neither."

One of the men thinks that Tea Cake beats on Janie. The reason I choose this quote is because it made think that if someone thinks that you beat your woman just to get her to listen, then most men did that back in the day. Also the man stated that he has to beat most of his woman as well.

Chapter 16 Quotes

"Naw, mah husband didn't had nothin' but hisself.He's easy tuh love if you mess round 'im. Ah
loves 'im."


Everyone seems to think that Tea Cake is such a bad man and Janie steadies takes up for him. Janie knows her husband well and says that he is easy to love. I think the reason she says this is because he doesn't give her any demands or complains about anything. I also think she says it's easy for her to love Tea Cake because Tea Cake is what Janie been looking for all her life, so she easily in love.

"Shucks! If dat's her notion she's barkin' up de wrong tree. Mah hands id full already."

Janie friend thinks that she is after nothing but land and money. Everyone believes that there is no way Janie relationship is love, they believe that either Janie is out after Tea Cake or Tea Cake is out after Janie. I even noticed that she recommended a certain man to go after for land which brought to my attention that if she trying to tell Janie to go after him just for land then she must look for men with lots of land, not for love.

Chapter 15 Quotes

"Don't keer how big uh lie get told, somebody kin b'lieve it!"

I believe in this quote myself because a lie can go on and on if you keep up with your lie. Most people believe anything they hear. This quote relates to the real world because a lot of people believe that lien can get you through life, and like i just said most people will believe anything that sounds good.

"Mis' Woods, Ah have often said to mah husband, Ah don't see how uh lady like Mis' Woods can stand all them common niggers round her place all de time."

In this quote Janie is basically being acknowledged for putting up with all the men that comes over after work. It's obvious that she can't deal with it but Janie can't, and also Janie actually enjoys the company because she see Tea Cake having a good time.

Chapter 14 Quotes

"Dis ain't no game fuh pennies. Po' man ain't got no buisness at de show."

In this quote Tea Cake was explaining to Janie that the dice game is not a game for poor men. You can lose all your money playing the dice game, you don't play with pennies either. I think Janie thought about playing but Tea Cake told her not to, and she didn't

"Sometimes Janie would think of the old days in the big white house and the store and laugh to herself."

Janie was thinking back to EatonVille and how she Think they would react to her new lifestyle. If they could see the clothes she is wearing and the her surroundings they would really have something to gossip about. Janie also compared her new lifestyle to EatonVill, like all the arguments on the porch and all the arguments while playing the dice game.

Chapter 13 Quotes

"Looka here, folks, Sister Woods is 'bout tuh quit her husband!"

Tea Cake shows a since of humor after Janie thinks he ran off with another woman. Tea Cake was simply going to work picking beans. The reason I choose this quote was because even though Janie thought Tea Cake was cheating he still had a since of humor even though he was being accused of cheating.

"Tea Cake, if you don't hurry up and tell me, Ah'll take and beat yo' head flat as uh dime."

I found this statement funny, which is the reason I choose it. Humor isn't really strong in this book and when I read this statement it made me laugh so it was good to see a little humor. However, Janie said this to Tea Cake because he refused to tell Janie something.

Chapter 12 Quotes

"It a shame. Done took to high heel slippers and a ten dollar hat! Looking like some young girls, always in blue because Tea Cake told her to wear it. Poor Joe Starks. Bet he turns over in his grave everyday."

I find this quote rather funny because Janie peers are jealous in my mind. Everyone thinks that when younger guys date older woman they are out for there money. Janie is be treated with fancy colored clothes and hats from Tea Cake. Most townspeople believe that the same thing that happen to Ms.Tyler.

"Ah sho hope you ain't lak uh possum-de older you gits, de less sense yuh got."

Someone thinks that Janie is making a mistake about marrying Tea Cake. She thinks that since Janie is getting older she loses sense of what is really happening, and makes stupid decisions. Nobody supports Janie in her choice to marry Tea Cake, they all think she is going to come walking down the big road with her heart broken.

Chapter 11 Quotes

"Tea Cake looked like the love thoughts of women. He could be a bee to a blossom - a pear tree blossom in the spring. He seemed to be crushing scent out of the world with his footsteps. Crushing aromatic herbs with every step he took. Spices hung about him. He was a glance from God."

In this quote Janie is expressing her feelings about Tea Cake. As I read I noticed that Janie has deep feelings for Tea Cake. The part in the quote that caught me was when she said,"He was a glance from God". When Janie mentioned that I knew she would soon try to be permanent with Tea Cake.

"Ah never have done it so fur. But as de old folks always say,Ah'm born but Ah ain't dead. No tellin' whut Ah'm liable tuh do yet"

Janie confronts Tea Cake about gambling. At this time in the book Tea Cake has not did it so far, but when he says."Ah'm born but not dead" he is saying that he has not did it but he can't say he is not going to, he doesn't know if he will gamble or not until he is dead.