Janie is finally asserting herself and not taking anyone's garbage anymore. There is a great deal of discussion of the "horizons" especially on page 89 in chapter 9. We are told of the hatred Janie has for her grandmother and how her mind has been manipulated and discouraged by her grandmother's words. As she has become a widow she wears black and tells off Ike Green for his advancements when he begins pressing her to get married.
What follows is an affair with Tea Cake which Janie stumbles into and she become jealous of him later on as he seems to have an affair with Nunkie. Janie confronts Tea Cake and is not satisfied until she presses him to speak ill of her.
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I liked how you brought up the grandmother because I had forgotten about that part, which is important. I think it is hard for Janie to "like" her grandmother because her grandmother is living through her. I can understand where the grandmother is coming from and how she just wants the best for Janie, but she also needs to realize that Janie needs to figure things out for herself and does not need her grandmother make all the decisions for her.
What do you think really happened with the Nunkie situation? I can't decide whether Tea Cake was fooling around with her behind Janie's back or not. He said that he wasn't...but Hurston also writes that he has a look of guilt on his face. And furthermore, if he did cheat on Janie, why was she so quick to forgive? I'm not sure their relationship makes complete sense to me.
I was surprised at how it talked about her hatred for her grandmother. I know her grandmother wanted nothing but the best for Janie but I do not feel she went about it the right way. I don't even think that Janie knew the true reasons behind her grandmothers actions she probably just felt that her grandmother didnt want her to be happy or be with the man she wanted.
I feel as the grandmother comes off as a symbol of resentment later on in the book. She embodies the same type of values that she hates.
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