| The story is about the marriages of Janie Crawford. A very attractive woman, she was raised by her grandmother and her grandmothers very old ideals. Coming from a long line of slaves, her grandmother wanted nothing more for Janie than to get married to a man that would take care of her and protect, leaving love only as a secondary idea in a marriage.
Her first marriage was arranged and short, for not too long after she was first married she met a much older man, Joe, who she falls in love with. So much in love she left her first husband and runs away with Joe to a town that was designed to for a floursihing black community. The town however was not flourishing but Joe was about to change that. He made himself mayor of the town and established himself along with his new beautiful wife Janie. Although her life was full of prestige and material possesions, she still was wanting something more. The age difference between her and Joe, as well as Joe's jealousy towards Janie started to put a strain on there marriage. Eventually Joe passed away, and Janie was left alone. But not for long, becuase three months after the passing of Joe, she met and fell in love, nothing but love, with a younger man named Teacake. They were soon married and although she left the wealth she had inherrited from Joe, she became totaly satisfied with life because of her new love with Teacake. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's Romance/Romance Problems Yes Kind of romance: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Lover is Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - 20's-30's How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () The Americas (not US): Yes The Americas: - South Water? Yes Water: - drowning Farm/Ranch? Yes Farm/Ranch: - farm Small town? Yes Misc setting Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only Lot of foul language? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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