At the beginning there are women sitting on a porch
gossiping on why they think that Janie has returned without the younger man
that she ran off with. They all think that the man she was with left her for someone
else but that is when Janie starts telling her story to Pheoby. She tells
Pheoby that she was raised by her grandma who wanted her marry a man named
Logan after she kisses a guy named Johnny. Janie doesn’t love Logan but her
grandma says that love for him will come eventually. After awhile her grandma
dies and Janie still doesn’t love Logan. When Logan starts to treat her like
crap and making her do things that women back then didn’t have to do Janie was
not very happy. That is when she met Joe. Her and Jody run off and get married
after Logan is very mean to Janie and demands respect from her that she doesn’t
want to give. Joe and Janie go to a
town called Eatonville where Joe becomes mayor and he makes Janie work in the
store that he owns where she also has to where her hair up.
Joe and Janie keep falling away from each other and Joe
starts beating Janie. Some time later Joe’s health starts to decline. Joe and
Janie continue to fight and Joe moves to a new room in the house. Janie
confronts Joe on his deathbed about the way that he has treated her and he was
not very pleased with that. Joe then dies and Janie puts on a sad face to tell
everyone about it.
Afterwards she goes through the mourning period that they were supposed to go through back then even though inside she was relieved. One day she meets someone named Tea Cake and they start to hang out and talk. Janie thinks he is different from the rest because he asks her to play checkers, which no other guy has done. People of the town think that he is just trying to get her money. Janie is aware of the possibility but she soon trusts him. They run off to the everglades and get married. Tea Cake and Janie live a life on the farm, which Janie is not used to. After awhile of being there Tea Cake beats Janie to show that he has control over her because a woman in the town is trying to set Janie up with her son. But right after Tea Cake feels awful and then pampers her to show her that he is sorry.
Janie notices that
people in the town are leaving in a hurry and then hears that there is a
hurricane coming. Janie, Tea Cake, and a man named Motor Boat try to get to
higher ground so they don’t die. They find a cabin and rest for a little bit
but Janie and Tea Cake leave to find a safer place. While they are walking the
water keeps rising and eventually they have to swim. Tea Cake ends up getting
bit by a dog in the face while he was trying to protect Janie. They find a safe
place and stay there until the storm stops. When they get back Tea Cake starts
t act weird. His doctor tells Janie that he thinks that the dog gave him
rabies. One night Janie finds a pistol under his pillow, which he never used to
have. There was only three bullets in it so she lines it up so if he shoots he
would have three empty shots before a bullet would come out. He comes back and
then starts to say weird things and then points the gun at her. She gets out a
rifle and once he shoots the three empty rounds she shoots him.
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