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| Vergible Woods "Tea Cake" |
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| Janie's third and beloved husband. |
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| Main charactor who is serching for the horizon. That was her nickname as a kid becuase she had no sence of her roots. |
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| Pheoby's husband. He is a big proch talker. He thinks it's nature. He makes Pheoby try to stop Janie from Tea Cake. |
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| Janie's best friend in Eatonville. |
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| Janie's mom who was rapped at 17 by a school teacher, took to drinking and ran away. |
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| Janie's grandmother who raised her to put THINGS first becuase she was a slave who was rapped. |
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| Janie's second husband. He lured her in with saying he'd do exactly what he said he did, in a vague way. He was the mayor of Eatonville, and dominering. He died of kidney falure after Janie "castrated" him. Jody was the pet name Janie used. |
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| White folks who raised Janie in West Florida. |
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| The mother of the children Janie grew up with. |
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| Knotty Haired girl who picked on Janie at school becuase her hand-me-downs were nicer that the others and because she wore a ribbon... becuase she lived with white folks. |
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| The boy Janie had her first kiss with under the pear tree. |
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| Janie's first usband who was well off and ugly. Janie was arranged to marry him so she didn't love him. |
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| First guy to talk to Janie and Joe when they come to Eatonville. His is wondering where they came from in such a haste. He is impressed with Joe. |
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| A man from Buford, South Carolina who is the second guy to talk to Janie and Joe when they come to Eatonville. He thinks that Janie is Joe's daughter. He is impressed with Janie. |
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| Cap'n Eaton and Mr. Lawrence |
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| Gave Eatonville its land from West Maitland. Cap'n Eaton gave the the firs piece of land. |
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| Joe asked him where the closest saw mill was and about a store. He gave his first ever speach which was short and embarrasing about Joe and Janie. |
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| Joe caught him with a wagon load of his ribbon cane and made him leave town. |
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| He was the owner of the yellow mule and rideculed for his sad animal. |
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| A porch talker in Eatonville who joked about using the mule as a washboard and it blowing off. Thinks it's caution. |
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| He is an Eatonville porch talker who was talking about having pictures of himself for the mule. He stroked Janie's hair without her knowledge. |
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| Said that he saw Matt's mule over behind the school house. He found the mule dead. |
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| He was the delivery boy who acted like Joe after his passing. |
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| She wore white people's clothes and drove the men even crazier than the three women did. |
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| Mrs. Turner wanted him with Janie because of his lightness. He was run out of the muck after Tea Cake died. |
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| They play acted what they would do for Daisy. Jim stole a dime to buy pickled pig foot for Daisy. |
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| She embarrassed her husband's name by begging Joe for meat. |
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| Somehow he is in charge of the defense. |
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| Janie consulted him about Tea Cake's position and he informed her about the rabbies. He also stood up for Janie at court. |
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| He recieved tobacco that was cut wrong which perpetuated Joe and Janie's big fight. |
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| Joe has her cook for him during his sickness, eventhough Janie was a better cook. |
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| He gave Janie advide on who to marry after Joe's death. She should have a man who can manage her things and not take advantage of her. |
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| She had affairs with young men and when her ready dough wasn't avalible she went out with Who Flung. They went to Tampa where he abandonded her with all her money. She soon died. |
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| He went out with Mrs. Tyler, and abandoned her with all her money. |
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| Maybe she's the maid. She eats breakfast whith Janie when Tea Cake disapears. |
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| He doubted Tea Cake's honesty in gambling and stabbed him twice. Tea Cake either killed him or made him pass out. |
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| She was a chunky girl who flirted with Tea Cake, and "struggled" with him over "tickets." |
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| A black women with a prejudice to her race. The darker one was the worse, so she liked Janie for her lightness. She wanted Janie to marry her brother. |
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| Tea Cake met him and felt sorry for him. Mostly just for having such a strong-minded wife in a bad way that he couldn't do much about. |
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| He stayed behind in the house, slept during the storm, and survived. |
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| During that last party at the muck, he sang about yo' mama not wearin underwear and danced. |
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