Some comments from our final (Friday) discussion:
- Hurston arrests me with her writing.
- The discussion on the store porch about Nature vs. Caution (nurture?) is interesting and plays out throughout the story.
- In order for Tea Cake to get into the same jealous, suspicious frame of mind as Joe, he had to get rabies,
- Why can't we have a Leonardo DiCaprio Titanic ending instead of a rabies ending?
- The trial scene is another manifestation of the light vs. dark issue. The white women spectators sympathize with the light-skinned Janie while the darker-skinned friends of Tea Cake want to condemn Janie.
- Janie's shooting Tea Cake is an instance of her having self-agency.
- The title - Janie (and others in the novel?) are trying to figure out who God wants them to be. Or is it because God judges everyone that they are all watching Him?
And Many Thanks to Kathleen from all the group members for her excellence in moderating the group discussions!
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