Comments by Aaron Roesch Most recent public comments by Aaron Roesch https://nowcomment.com/users/145148 I believe that Janie is likely still alive and just reminiscing, it is said that "He could never be dead until she herself had finished feeling and thinking." yet the last word of the previous paragraph clearly shows that Janie is still thinking. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303493 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303493 Thu, 09 May 2024 00:38:33 -0400 I wonder how long it actually took for Janie to tell this story. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303492 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303492 Thu, 09 May 2024 00:35:29 -0400 This highlights a shift back to the present, as the story goes back to Janie telling her story to Phoeby. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303491 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303491 Thu, 09 May 2024 00:35:05 -0400 The metaphor comparing his sickness to a demon worries me that the illness is something very bad. Maybe Janie will outlive yet another husband. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303456 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303456 Thu, 09 May 2024 00:13:16 -0400 They are lucky they are in florida and not somewhere in the midwest, a bad tornado could have completely wiped out their town. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303455 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303455 Thu, 09 May 2024 00:10:27 -0400 This sounds an awful lot like the national guard. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303454 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303454 Thu, 09 May 2024 00:08:32 -0400 Some people seem to trust the indians, but some people seem skeptical about them, I predict that the Indians are right and a storm is coming. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303448 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303448 Wed, 08 May 2024 23:58:59 -0400 Native Americans often have ways to read and understand nature, I have no clue how they could tell a hurricane is coming, but I don't doubt that they are right. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303447 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303447 Wed, 08 May 2024 23:51:12 -0400 I don't fully understand the nature of their relationship anymore. Tea Cake seems to still care for Janies well being. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303446 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303446 Wed, 08 May 2024 23:44:16 -0400 This is super dangerous, falling on the ground during a tussle like that can easily kill someone. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303445 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303445 Wed, 08 May 2024 23:43:06 -0400 Even more contrast is given between Janie, who has a lighter complexion and the darker women. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303428 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303428 Wed, 08 May 2024 23:33:40 -0400 Janie is back to being seen as "possession" she can not find someone who treats her as an equal. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303427 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371428?scroll_to=3303427 Wed, 08 May 2024 23:30:00 -0400 I don't understand why they feel the need to describe someones features as caucasion or black. Nowadays people are just people with unique features. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301798 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301798 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:30:00 -0400 This comment is complete friendly fire. Mrs. Turner is mixed, she is so racist to her own race. This is blowing my mind. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301791 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301791 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:28:00 -0400 Mrs. Turner is mixed, yet she feels disgust towards her darker peers, this doesn't make any sense to me at all. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301767 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301767 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:20:18 -0400 Although this is opposite to her last relationship, the constant compliments after being caught playing with another woman definetely seems manipulative, and i worry for Janie. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301765 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301765 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:10:55 -0400 This feels very manipulative. He is berating Janie with compliments to get her to be less jealous about Nunkie. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301764 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301764 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:10:06 -0400 Tea Cake is described as "shame-faced" He knows what he is doing is wrong yet he has not yet stopped. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301742 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301742 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:02:18 -0400 Eatonville takes gender roles way more seriously than where Janie is now in the everglades, she feels much more accepted and comfortable here. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301740 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301740 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:00:20 -0400 Tea Cake is very confident in his skills. I have a feeling this will come back to bite him in the future. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301727 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301727 Tue, 07 May 2024 10:34:24 -0400 Repetition. The author repeats the word "big" multiple times in this sentence to emphasize how Janie feels small and out of place. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301726 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3301726 Tue, 07 May 2024 10:29:28 -0400 This is personification. The author describes daylight as "creeping" however, we know that daylight can't "creep" because it is not a human. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3299738 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3299738 Fri, 03 May 2024 00:26:58 -0400 This is a subtle parallel between the land lady and Janie. Janies husband is also dead, however Janie has moved on while the landlady is still alone, having only Janie as company. This could possibly foreshadow Janie and Tea Cake splitting up. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3299690 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3299690 Thu, 02 May 2024 22:55:13 -0400 "The train beat on itself and danced." This is personification since the train is described as dancing, even though we know that trains can't dance. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3299687 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371427?scroll_to=3299687 Thu, 02 May 2024 22:53:25 -0400 Everything so far has made sense except for the age difference. An age gap that large does not sit right with me. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299658 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299658 Thu, 02 May 2024 22:28:40 -0400 People are clearly jealous of Tea Cake, coming up with different ideas of how he could be trying to screw Janie over. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299653 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299653 Thu, 02 May 2024 22:27:37 -0400 Janie is still seen as a man's "possession." This is largely the reason why that relationship didn't work out. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299642 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299642 Thu, 02 May 2024 22:18:45 -0400 Asking this question, and Janie "holding her breath" shows that she is hopeful that Tea Cake doesn't have a wife. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299623 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299623 Thu, 02 May 2024 22:06:29 -0400 They have spent so much time together at this point and they are still going to keep hanging out despite it being late. Janie is definitely into tea cake. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299622 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299622 Thu, 02 May 2024 22:01:52 -0400 Janie just said that she would treat tea cake coldly, however she has already broken that, already smiling that he is there. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299618 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299618 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:55:11 -0400 This reinforces the fact that men don't view women the same way as we do now. However this man offers to teach her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299610 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299610 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:46:23 -0400 Seems like every time the man opens his mouth Janie laughs. This further gives evidence that this man might be Janies next love interest. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299606 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299606 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:43:23 -0400 I agree with your inference. The way he is introduced, how Janie can already tell she is funny gives me hope. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299604 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299604 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:37:32 -0400 "That was the only change people SAW in her." I think the word "saw" specifically highlights how there are other changes going on with Janie that she just hides. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299603 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299603 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:28:43 -0400 I like Janies mindset of not caring what other people think. I also like the comment she makes at the end of this sentence that mourning shouldn't last longer than grief. There is no reason to pretend that you are still upset. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299602 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299602 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:27:18 -0400 The simile used to describe Janies veil shows how she uses it to hide her true emotions. She does not care as much as some of the other towns people even though the deceased was her husband. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299595 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371426?scroll_to=3299595 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:07:57 -0400 This quote right here is amusing to me. It almost feels like something people would say back when they belived in zeus and other gods back in greece and rome. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3299590 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3299590 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:00:06 -0400 I wonder if there were signs of his failing kidneys. Being told something should have been done 2 years ago would make me upset that I didn't realize sooner. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3299589 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3299589 Thu, 02 May 2024 20:59:23 -0400 This sentence can be considered an oxymoron I think. Being described as weak but then sharp kind of contradicts itself. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3299588 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3299588 Thu, 02 May 2024 20:58:13 -0400 The people listening into the conversation are all somewhat instigating. They are very interested in what is going on. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3298391 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3298391 Wed, 01 May 2024 10:13:30 -0400 Janie finally stands up for herself, this will likely create a shift in the story. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3298362 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3298362 Wed, 01 May 2024 09:57:04 -0400 Personification- The "year" is described as taking something away from Janie which we know is not literal. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3298358 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3298358 Wed, 01 May 2024 09:53:09 -0400 At first I thought Walter was kidding when he said he would kill his wife, but everyone else shows no reaction to it and repeats the same thing which shows how different times were during this story. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291858 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291858 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:53:07 -0400 Joe is trying to change Janie, he is forcing her to stray away from what she is used too and what she wants to do and the people she wants to talk to, this is not ok. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291856 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291856 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:46:40 -0400 I myself have said stuff like this to people to try and get them to get worked up or when I am too scared to tell them the truth. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291855 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291855 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:41:45 -0400 It seems as if many people believe Joe is cocky and full of himself, however I think Joe is just being himself and it is just new type of person that they haven't met before. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291854 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291854 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:35:40 -0400 Both men are jealous of Joe, they joke to each other about being able to have a woman like Janie. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291853 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291853 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:32:30 -0400 A section foreman is someone who has supervising power. Coker is saying that Joe is authoritive. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291852 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371429?scroll_to=3291852 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:24:17 -0400 The interactions between Joe and Janie show obvious chemistry, I would not be surprised if Janie leaves her husband for Joe https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290397 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290397 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:15:59 -0400 "springtime reached her" Does this mean the sun? Does this mean the pollen? https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290393 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290393 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:13:21 -0400 It almost feels like her husband has stopped trying once he has realized that Janie does not love him. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290392 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290392 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:12:01 -0400 I agree, Nanny seemed to be a very influential character in the book up until this point and to simply say "A month later she was dead." feels disrespectful. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290391 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290391 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:09:35 -0400 Love is not something that can be learned, it must be discovered. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290389 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290389 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:05:29 -0400 Rhetorical question that will likely be answered later on through Janies experiences. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290388 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290388 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:04:20 -0400 I think Nanny already had her mind made up from the start, but I don't think the kissing necessarily "pushed" her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290357 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290357 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:03:28 -0400 How every good story starts. "i don't know where to start" https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290356 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290356 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:56:41 -0400 Janie doesn't even stop to talk which shows that she is reluctant to interact with the people, why could this be? https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290355 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290355 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:55:17 -0400 The first two paragraphs of the book provide a harsh contrast between men and women which will be a reoccurring theme throughout the story. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290354 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290354 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:49:36 -0400 Much of this paragraph offers foreshadowing to what is to come later on in the book https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290353 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290353 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:38:18 -0400 The first sentence of this paragraph is a simile. Janie compares herself to a tree, in the sense that she has experienced much. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290158 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=3290158 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:31:17 -0400 I think the author likely has little or no connection. Given that this is fiction, at the very most, the author took inspiration from real events for the book. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288445 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288445 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:08:53 -0400 Translation: "There is no point in trying to cloak a woman like Janie Starks, whether she is your friend or not. https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288444 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288444 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:06:39 -0400 The first sentence provides various references to the sea and sailing. "ships" "on board" "tide" Sail". Is this foreshadowing something else? https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288426 https://nowcomment.com/documents/371412?scroll_to=3288426 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:04:08 -0400