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Support or refute the statement with at least 4 examples that none of the characters in the novel mean to hurt Janie. [use textual support] Posted by lilbit123 on Sep 28, 2008. |
Their Eyes Were Watching God Group
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Granny: "Yo' Nanny wouldn't harm a hair uh yo' head. She don't want nobody else to do itneither if she kin help it . . . Tain't Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it's protection" (14). Logan: Janie tells her grandmother that Logan "ain't even talked 'bout hittin' me. He says he never maen to lay de weight uh his hand on me in malice" (21). Jody: "Janie, if you think Ah aims to tole you off and make a dog outa you, youse wrong. Ah wants to make a wife out you . . . Ah'm uh man wid principles. You ain't never knowed what it was to be treated lak a lady and Ah wants to be de one tuh show you" (28). Tea Cake: "Tea Cake's letter had said Jacksonville. . . Wear the new blue dress because he meant to marry her right from the train. Hurry up and come because he was about to turn into pure sugar thinking about her. Come on, baby, papa Tea Cake never could be mad with you!" (111). Posted by sdchumley on Oct 24, 2008. |
