🔮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.