The idea of the “horizon” in the story Their Eyes Were Watching God is the concept of limitations and boundaries—it’s how far a person’s life extends. If someone’s horizon has expanded, it means they have grown as a person, are more capable, and have more strength and opportunity in their life.
Q. What do you think the author meant by the bed was no longer a daisy-field for her and Joe to play in what literary device is this?
After foreshadowing the failure of Janie and Joe’s relationship, Hurston uses a metaphor of their bed to describe the outcome of their marriage. To Janie, “The bed was no longer a daisy-field for her and Joe to play in. It was a place where she went and laid down when she was sleepy and tired” (71).
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- Q. What do you think the author meant by the bed was no longer a daisy-field for her and Joe to play in what literary device is this?
- Q. What does Janie explain about tea cake and why she is back in town?
- Q. How did Janie’s view of marriage change over the course of the novel?
- Q. How does Tea Cake manipulate Janie?
- Q. What is tea cake personality?
- Q. Is tea cake Janie’s husband?
- Q. What chapter does tea cake died?
- Q. How is tea cake different from Joe?
Q. What does Janie explain about tea cake and why she is back in town?
What did Janie tell tea-cake after returning home after spending her money? She told him she intended to partake of everything with him. And if he ever went off and had fun without her again, she would kill him.
Q. How did Janie’s view of marriage change over the course of the novel?
She learned from her marriage to Logan Killicks that she could not learn to love someone. After her marriage to Jody Starks, Janie realized that equality is important within a marriage. Janie learned through her three marriages even though she had bad experiences with love; there was a thing as true love.
Q. How does Tea Cake manipulate Janie?
Tea Cake, representing society, initially encourages Janie to be strong, then molds her into an object of his pleasing. In Janie’s mind, Tea Cake is perfect and cannot make mistakes, even after he whipped her. Tea Cake’s emotional manipulation of Janie makes it so she is supportive and willing to do whatever he wishes.
Q. What is tea cake personality?
In Tea Cake she finds a creative and vivacious personality who enjoys probing the world around him and respects Janie’s need to develop. Whereas Logan treats her like a farm animal and Jody silences her, Tea Cake converses and plays with her.
Q. Is tea cake Janie’s husband?
Tea Cake is Janie’s last husband, who treats her as more of an equal than Killicks and Starks did, by talking to her and playing checkers with her. Despite this, Tea Cake does hit Janie to show his possession over her. Thus, Janie’s life seems defined by her relation to domineering males.
Q. What chapter does tea cake died?
Summary: Chapter 19. After the hurricane, death is all around Palm Beach. Two white men with rifles force Tea Cake to bury corpses.
Q. How is tea cake different from Joe?
Unlike Joe, Tea Cake’s self-confidence is not combined with ambition; unlike Joe, he can openly express his love for Janie. He is able to give her the dream of love that Joe Starks never understood. Even Tea Cake’s death contrasts with Joe’s.
