Comments by Jack Duncan Most recent public comments by Jack Duncan https://nowcomment.com/users/145132 Janie is no longer afraid to ask her lover to change or answers questions. She knows her actions must be worth it so she is taking command now in the relationships. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297164 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297164 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:31:01 -0400 Tea cake reassures Janie that he is with her and that other girl would be useless in a relationship, but personally it feels like a excuse for his actions. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297163 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297163 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:30:11 -0400 It seemed too good to be true as we see Janie is suspicious of Tea Cake cheating on her. Every time Janie leaves with a new man there is a catch. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297161 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297161 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:28:47 -0400 Janie reflects the choices in her life. She knows what she is doing is best for her but wonders how her life could've turned out if she had never left her arranged marriage. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297159 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297159 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:27:05 -0400 This is how we saw Joe when he was younger except Joe forced others to listen to him and be under him while Tea Cake commands respect and attention from his personality. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297158 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297158 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:25:19 -0400 Tea Cake teaching Janie how to shoot is something that she has never experienced before. Her other relationships forced new things onto her and didn't help her. Tea Cake sits there and has fun while teaching her. He truly seems to care for her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297157 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297157 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:20:35 -0400 His life has fully changed within one day. He was once a poor man that went around free, but now he is someone who is locked down with a wife and someone that has money. He is exciting for his future. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297154 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297154 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:13:48 -0400 Although Janie seems to trust him around the money that she owns he is gaining a sort of exhilarating feeling while holding the money. The money is something he has never had before and it is changing him. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297152 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297152 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:11:42 -0400 Janie has officially left her old life in Eatonville. This is a big change in her character since she had left her original life to go with Joe to create Eatonville. She is fulling giving up what she had helped establish. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297150 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3297150 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:08:21 -0400 Janie is stepping away from living her life the way her grandma set it up to be. She set Janie on this path and now Janie is breaking free and beginning a new. I still think this isn't the best choice for her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296050 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296050 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:04:31 -0400 People know that Tea Cake has no money, and he somehow showed up right after a more wealthy woman's husband died. I have suspicions about how his love with Janie will play out. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296049 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296049 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:59:37 -0400 Other men in the town are saying that Tea Cake is the devil. This is the first thought I had when we were introduced to Joe. Nice and a smooth talker on the outside but evil on the inside. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296048 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296048 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:58:11 -0400 The way Tea Cake is talking is a strategy to get sympathy from Janie. He is trying to get her to say that she likes him, this strategy makes me suspicious of his intentions. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296047 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296047 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:55:28 -0400 Hezekiah is hesitant when talking with Janie about Tea cake. He feels that Janie shouldn't be talking with him. I wonder if he knows something about him that Janie doesn't. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296035 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296035 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:59:17 -0400 Janie finally allowed a man to come onto her porch after the death of Joe. This seems like the first time Janie is truly falling for a man and not being forced into a situation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296032 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3296032 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:51:45 -0400 Tea Cake is intentionally showing her that he truly does care for her. This is the most effort a man has put in for her so I wonder if she will stay away because of her past or fall in love. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294543 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294543 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:03:12 -0400 Although Janie stated that she had just lost her last husband at it was too soon she is getting roped in with another man. She is vulnerable when it comes to love since she's never experienced real love. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294537 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294537 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:52:18 -0400 She is feeling a similar was to when she first met Joe. All the men she falls in love with or marries starts treating her well then she gets stuck in a bad situation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294535 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294535 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:50:34 -0400 The townspeople are forcing the idea of her getting remarried onto her and she lashes out. She is eager to be free and now that she has it she is not going to let it go to waste. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294533 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294533 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:44:53 -0400 She is accepting her freedom and has found a sense of calmness in her life. Before she was being told what to do and who to love but it never came true. Now she is beginning to love her life alone. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294532 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294532 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:38:26 -0400 People in her town are telling her that she needs to find herself a new husband. But this is the first time in years that she has the option to be herself and be free. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294531 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3294531 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:37:30 -0400 Janie's view of death and his appearance is interesting since I think it is cultural based and based on the unknowns in her life. She is scared for what is to come since she doesn't know what to do without Joe. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290912 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290912 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:07:53 -0400 I think at this point the story has returned back to the first part of chapter 1. We hear of Pheoby and that they are friends. The stroy is no longer a flashback. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290909 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290909 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:05:01 -0400 Janie is having similar thoughts about Joe as she did with Logan and she is being treated the same by both of them. This similarity is forcing Janie to keep moving on and I think that she will leave Joe as well. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290908 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290908 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:03:42 -0400 Janie has began to notice Joe's age catching up to him and begins to see his flaws. This is a large contrast from when she first saw him as she saw him as young and handsome. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290807 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290807 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:31:10 -0400 Janie sits and thinks back to sitting under a tree feeling the breeze. This tree and connection with nature is a major part of her character that stays throughout the plot. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290806 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290806 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:26:45 -0400 Janie's spirit is being broken down by Joe over the time that she has been with her. This decision in her life has taken her eve farther from the love she desired earlier in the passage. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290805 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3290805 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:22:41 -0400 Joe has began to argue with some of the poor people that have come down to his town. We are beginning to see his downfall as he abuses his mayor status. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289049 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289049 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:16:39 -0400 Just like with Logan, Jody makes Janie do work. Logan tried to make her work the fields, and Jody is making her work in a store. They both are not allowing her to get off living for free. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289030 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289030 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:34:58 -0400 Janie desires to talk with people and get to know them but Joe is becoming controlling and bans her from this. He is becoming like her last relationship with Logan in the way where it starts great then goes down hill. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289029 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289029 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:24:17 -0400 The new people moving into the town vote Jody to be the mayor of the new town. This is what Jody wanted. I wonder if it is for power or truly for those who are in need. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289028 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289028 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:09:59 -0400 Jody's vision is beginning to come to life as people begin to buy lots and move to his town down in florida. I wonder if Janie will adapt to this new life or will she long for something else. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289027 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289027 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:08:13 -0400 Stark has purchased the land around Eatonville and plans to start his town by expanding. We see that Joe is staying true to his word to Janie. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289010 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3289010 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:52:11 -0400 A symbolism between Janie and trees or nature is beginning to form as she is always related to being as a tree or under one when she shows interest in her life. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288050 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288050 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 17:09:50 -0400 Janie finally shows interest in a man. She realizes that she doesn't need to be in love with her husband, it will never happen. This shows a rebellious side to Janie. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288049 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288049 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 17:07:46 -0400 Janie stands up for herself against her husband after his claims that she has become spoiled. We finally see both sides of the planned marriage begin to fall apart. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288048 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288048 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 17:03:18 -0400 Janie relates her yearning for love back to the pear tree that she fell in love with. The state of the tree is her desire for love and their connection. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288046 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288046 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:58:36 -0400 Janie desires love after being disappointed with her marriage. She is beginning to see that her love is never going to come as she was never meant to love him. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288045 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288045 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:57:22 -0400 Janie thinks that being married means you are in love and not lonely. This is ironic since it is a forced marriage and she is not in love, she is being told to be. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288044 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288044 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:53:20 -0400 After a kiss with Johnny Taylor, Janie is being forced to get married. This seems like they are attempting to force Janie out into the world but she is attempting to help Janie. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288043 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288043 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:49:26 -0400 This paragraph shows her blooming love and desires through the relations and similes to the nature that she perceives. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288042 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288042 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:47:11 -0400 This is a first dive into Janie's character as she shows sorrow surrounding the comments made of her father. We show the hate and discrimination made towards her from classmates. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288041 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288041 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:42:12 -0400 This is where we first start to see a section of the story start, as we moved past character introductions and see the plot being explained. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288040 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288040 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:36:14 -0400 The switch between the narrator and the conversations between the characters shows us the difference of the culture of the characters and the common tone of the narrator. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288038 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288038 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:08:53 -0400 The diction and use of slang or tone depicts the location of the book as it seems like it is in a southern region, or somewhere with a more rural accent. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288035 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288035 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:27:52 -0400