Janie is furious and does not hesitate to share her rage with Tea Cake. This reaction of hers was different with her previous husbands because she was not expressive with her emotions. Instead, she remained silenced. Chapter Sixteen: 1. Mrs. Turner is racist towards the black community.
With Logan and Jody, she had nothing to lose by trusting them. Both marriages were an improvement from the situations she was in prior. However, she has just spent a period of time with freedom. That freedom has allowed her economic independence that she is relcutant to give up. Her worries were nit misplaced, as Tea Cake took her money for himself.
Jody made her dependent and impotent. However, Tea-Cake helped her became an independent and strong and potent women. Janie character change is
Miss Winfrey weakened Tea Cakes character so she could strengthen Janie’s character. These changes were most likely made to invigorate the feminist views of the proprietor of Their Eyes Were Watching
Delia slaves out at work to make money, but Sykes bullies her so that she can spend the money with the woman who happens to be new in town. “Bertha had been in town three months now. Sykes was paying her room rent at Della Lewis’—the only house in town that have taken her in" (Sweat
During Janie's first marriage, she outwardly conforms to the societal view of marriage, and the domestic wife, while inwardly questioning if she can learn to disregard her true
This marriage could be said to be Janie’s best. Unlike previous times, Janie had finally learned to always care for her loved one. In one particular scene, Tea Cake had left to gamble and win money for the two of them, and Janie’s behaviour during this time is explained as, “Janie waited till midnight without worrying, but after that she began to be afraid. So she got up and sat around scared and miserable. Thinking and fearing all sorts of dangers…
TeaCake helps Janie to build as a person rather than to tear her down as the others did. In this marriage there is no one to treat her unfairly or to silence her instead her personality develops, allowed to voice her opinion on topics brings out a new Janie. For the first time she experiences freedom in her marriage working in the bean fields alongside teacake, being allowed to dance, and gossip with the common folk. This marriage will make Janie fell as if she has gotten a second chance at her youth their marriage being field with love, happiness, and most importantly passion. When teacake comes up missing for a few days Janie begins to come worried and prays to god saying “But oh God, don’t let Tea Cake be off somewhere hurt and Ah not know nothing about it.
This also illustrates that she is ashamed to show her child personality, as although she thinks these thoughts and wants to do them, she holds her emotion back; this shows that she is either ashamed or maybe embarrassed. A major reason she does this is to look powerful, to protect her sisters which shows how valuable it is in helping to manage her responsibilities. Overall, Delphine is a interesting character, for the author shows her personality of a reliable girl, but the author also shows her other split side, the little girl who wants to, "Squeal and
(Hurston 532). She believes in karma, that whatever Sykes does will come back around to him. She is good and believes that in time good things will come to her. Also it is clearly seen in the story how dynamic Delia’s character is. In the beginning, Delia is scared of Sykes and is too afraid to stand up to him.
Blanche not only witnessed this tragic event but after a few sessions of talking with her, she revealed that she felt as though she was the one to blame and it would have been no difference if she, in fact, was the one that pulled the trigger that fateful
How the woman thinks and treat their husband 's also varied because Marie’s life is very exciting, fun, and filled with compassion for those around her. Callie has a tougher outlook on life as she sees no wrong in teaching her children natural selection and pleasing her husband even though the relationship may
An example of Delia defending her emotional being and everything she earned is when she yelled, “that ole snaggle-toothed black woman you runnin’ with ain’t comin’ heah to pile up on mah sweat and blood” (cite). Warning her adultering husband she has a materialistic possession she is unwilling to part with and telling him to leave with the mention of divorce. Delia actively reacts to the abuse when Bertha wants to move into Delia’s house. This one want plunges Delia’s life to further hell as Sykes actively tries to remove her from the house. When he gets a negative response, he starts trying to scare her to death by getting a
Also when Walter Thomas says, “It’s too bad, too, cause she wuz a right pretty li’l trick when he got huh” (68), I learned that Sykes really had done a number on her physically and emotionally. That went on for a awhile and I really got the point that nobody except Bertha liked Sykes. Whether it was intended or not, I thought Bertha being described as “a hunk uh liver wid hair on it” (70) was quite funny. Later on, when Sykes gets the rattle snake, it’s clear he has crossed the line and Delia is done putting up with him. Her normal meekness towards Sykes is gone and when she said “Ah hates you, Sykes” (72) then continued to tell him how extremely much she hates him, I knew with certainty she had enough and was going to do something.
Ah been married to you fur fifteen years, and Ah been takin’ in washin’ for fifteen years. Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!”(Hurston 2,17). The Sweat is the result of Delia 's diligent work, and without it there is no support system. It also stands for her hard-working attitude and how she has attempted to influence her work as best as she can, it is a vital piece of her life.
