1. “the great rope of black hair swinging to her waist and unraveling in the wind like a plume,” Description of Janie’s hair, which is a big symbol in the novel. Page 2 Ch. 1
2. “time makes everything old so the kissing, young darkness became a montropolous old thing while Janie talked.” Time loomed on as Janie told her story to Phoeby. Page 7 Ch. 1
3. “She had glossy leave and bursting buds and she wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.” This compares Janie to the blooming pear tree and how it is blooming as she is growing up and becoming a woman. Page 11 Ch. 2
4. “Mind- pictures brought feelings, and feelings dragged out dramas from the hollows of her heart.” Nanny is trying to raise Janie while remembering the past things from her life, and trying to do better this time. Page 16 Ch.2
5. “The new moon had been up and down three times before she got worried in mind.” It had been a long time before Janie started to worry that she wasn’t falling in love with Logan as she hoped she would with time. Page 22 Ch. 3
6. “She knew the world was a stallion rolling in the blue pasture of ether.” Life is fast changing and constantly moving. Page 25 Ch. 3
7. “…made her feel the apron tied around her waist. She untied it and flung it…” The apron represented her work which she flung away to the wind as soon as it was too much to bear. Pg. 32 Ch. 4
8. “They sat on the boarding house porch and saw the sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the night emerged.” This is symbolizing the start of a new day, and Janie has a new start for happiness. Page 33 Ch. 4
9. “…he bought her the best things the butcher had, like apples and a glass lantern full of candies.” Joe tries to buy Janie’s love, even from the beginning. Page 34 Ch. 5
10. “…then the next thing as soon as they heard where Jody was, they kept right on up there where the new lumber was rattling off the wagon…” This is a little foreshadowing here where it shows the whole town does not really like Joe but take what he offers. Page 40 Ch. 5
11. “The fact that the thought pictures were always crayon enlargements of life made it even nicer to listen.” Listening to stories and talking makes life seem a lot better than it is to Janie; it idealizes things. Page 51 Ch. 6
12. “Janie loved the conversation and sometimes she thought up good stories on the mule, but Joe had forbidden her to indulge.” Joe controls Janie’s life and she is constrained against her wants. Page 53 Ch. 6
13. “One day she noticed that Joe didn’t sit down.” Joe begins to decline from his seat of high power. Page 77 Ch. 7
14. “It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it a while.” In a desperate attempt to save his power, he shows people they are weaker and he has control over his wife still. Page 78 Ch. 7
15. “…’bout to kill me, Pheoby. Sorrow dogged by sorrow is in mah heart.” Janie is very hurt by the way Joe is treating her. Also is this a foreshadowing “dogged”? Sorrow seems to follow sorrow in her life also. Page 83 Ch. 8
16. “Rumor, that wingless bird, had shadowed over the town.” Rumors fly around all over, yet they have no wings. Also it somehow manages to shadow the town even without wings. It must be a very strong bird. Page 84 Ch. 8
17. “She saw no reason to rush at changing things around.” After Joe dies, the freedom she has she loves and does not want to change it immediately. Page 89 Ch. 9
18. “She almost apologized to the tenants the first time she collected the rents.” Janie is not as much of a business person as Joe was and feels bad taking money from the poor for their rent. Page 92 Ch. 9
19. “…he said with a sly grin as if they had a good joke together. She was in favor of the story that was making him laugh before she had even heard it.” Janie may have finally found her true love. Page 94 Ch. 10
20. “That is he struggled, but not hard enough to wrench a lady’s fingers.” Tea Cake cares enough to think for Janie’s fingers and he is sly enough not to struggle enough for her to let go. Page 96 Ch. 10
21. “Everybody was surprised at Janie playing checkers but they liked it.” People were surprised a woman was playing but found it was pleasant when they gave them a try. Page 101 Ch. 11
22. “In her heart she wanted to get his breakfast for him. But she stayed in bed long after he was gone.” Even after Tea Cake leaves, the thought of him holds her still in thought. She also did not have to wait on Tea Cake the way she waited on Joe. Page 107 Ch. 11
23. “It was after the picnic that the town began to notice things and got mad.” Even though the town had been after her before, since someone else got Janie they became jealous and sort of threw a temper tantrum. Page 110 Ch. 12
24. “…to pause at a porch or two-going straight by walking crooked.” Pheoby walked straight to Janie in her mind but made it look like it was on the way. Page 112 Ch. 12
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