Imagery

“the men approached her like she had grape fruits in her pockets.” Grapefruits- Jamie’s hips symbolizing beauty (2)

“we been kissing friends for twenty years.” Kissing friends- Jamie and her lover and their relationship (7)

“soaking in the chant of the visiting bees.” Bees- Jamie is listening to the music or humming of the bees and it makes her happy (11)

“Honey us colored folks are like branches without roots.” Roots- This says that colored people are not respected as they should be. (16)

"The years took all the fight out of Janie's face." This shows how Janie is loosing her youth after all those years with Joe. (76)

"But even these things were running down like candle grease as time moved on." This describes Joe's and Janie's relationship in the end of it and how it never got better. (81)

"Before she slept that night she burnt up every one of her head rags and went about the house next morning with her hair in one thick braid swinging well below her waist." This is a sign of freedom and begining for Janie. She is officially free from Joe's grasp. (89)

"It just feels like a doves wing against my hair." This quote displays how much Tea Cake loved Janie from the start. (103)

"Wild cane on either side of the road hiding the rest of the world." This describes the Everglades and is a sign of how plentiful it will be for Janie. (129)

"Because they really loved Janie just a little less than they had loved Tea Cake." This is the feeling of the neighbors of Janie and Tea Cake, they compare their love of these two people. This shows how Janie is being judged. (191)