Comments by Emma Gearman Most recent public comments by Emma Gearman https://nowcomment.com/users/143936 Tea Cake's expressions of love are very sweet. https://nowcomment.com/documents/368832?scroll_to=3284134 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368832?scroll_to=3284134 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:46:55 -0400 I thought this was a super powerful statement as it shows that she's fianlly moving away from the traumas from her past husbands and even Grandma and experiencing real love. https://nowcomment.com/documents/368832?scroll_to=3284133 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368832?scroll_to=3284133 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:37:00 -0400 Tea Cake sees Janie very highly and almost like royalty. I think this is an interresting difference in comparasion to Joe and Janie's relationship. https://nowcomment.com/documents/368832?scroll_to=3284132 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368832?scroll_to=3284132 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:31:51 -0400 Good metaphor for the trapped feeling she feels not only in the room but it seems like in her love life as a whole. https://nowcomment.com/documents/368832?scroll_to=3284131 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368832?scroll_to=3284131 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:23:03 -0400 The town seems as though without Joe and Janie it will be left with a slight empitness and the townspeople will not forgive Janie for leaving. https://nowcomment.com/documents/368832?scroll_to=3284129 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368832?scroll_to=3284129 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:20:28 -0400 I think this is meant to exaggerate the idea that Tea Cake being with Janie is unbelivable because of how he is seen. https://nowcomment.com/documents/368824?scroll_to=3284128 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368824?scroll_to=3284128 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:12:49 -0400 I agree and she seems very surprised by his behavior as Joe was the complete opposite therefore she is not used to a man valuing her as an equal like Tea Cake. https://nowcomment.com/documents/368824?scroll_to=3284118 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368824?scroll_to=3284118 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:57:31 -0400 Joe's Effect on The Town https://nowcomment.com/documents/368824?scroll_to=3284117 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368824?scroll_to=3284117 Joe is called "The Little Emperor" and is stated to leave the county still in power which emphasizes the extent of his rule and power over the town when he was mayor and alludes to his role as "royalty'. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:47:45 -0400 Joe's Characterization https://nowcomment.com/documents/368824?scroll_to=3284115 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368824?scroll_to=3284115 This further pushes Joe's effects on the community and how he characterized himself as essentially royalty in the town. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:43:56 -0400 The use of foreshadowing to show the changes in Janies perspective of Joe are very interesting and I think this sentence is very important to show the change in how she views him. https://nowcomment.com/documents/368827?scroll_to=3271895 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368827?scroll_to=3271895 Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:27:36 -0400 The use of exaggeration in this sentence is very insightful into how Joe has the town so trapped that he resembled that of a dictator https://nowcomment.com/documents/368827?scroll_to=3271894 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368827?scroll_to=3271894 Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:26:03 -0400