🔮Tea Cake's patience and respect contrasts Joe Stark's lack of consideration for Janie's desires.
❤️Janie's emotional journey includes her development of the theme of love.
🎲Tea Cake teaches Janie how to play checkers, a simple act that Stark's refused to do.
🌙The motif of nature, specifically the rising moon, symbolizes the budding relationship between Janie and Tea Cake.
💑Janie is attracted to Tea Cake because he meets her emotional needs and provides her with love and happiness.
Who is Tea Cake?
—Tea Cake is a charming young man who forms a connection with Janie and teaches her how to play checkers.
How does Tea Cake differ from Joe Stark?
—Tea Cake is patient, respectful, and playful, while Joe Stark lacked consideration for Janie's desires.
What does the rising moon symbolize?
—The rising moon symbolizes the budding relationship between Janie and Tea Cake.
Why is Janie attracted to Tea Cake?
—Janie is attracted to Tea Cake because he meets her emotional needs, teaches her new things, and provides her with love and happiness.
What does Janie learn from her meeting with Tea Cake?
—Janie learns that there are other men who can meet her emotional needs and provide her with love and happiness, unlike Joe Stark.
00:01In chapter 10 of Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', Janie meets a charming young man named Tea Cake who teaches her how to play checkers.
00:09Tea Cake's patience and respect contrast with Joe Stark's lack of consideration for Janie's desires.
00:29Tea Cake teaches Janie how to play checkers and offers to buy her drinks.
00:47Janie is attracted to Tea Cake because he meets her emotional needs and provides her with love and happiness.
01:35The rising moon symbolizes the budding relationship between Janie and Tea Cake.
