their eyes-chapter 2 Flashcards
pear tree represents
sexual awakenings
the tree is a metaphor to
life
what does she cal her grandma
nanny
when did she realize that she wasn’t white
six years old
what did she used to be called
alphabet
what was the white womans name
mis Washburn
what was the girl’s name that teased Janie a lot in school
Mayrella
who was janie’s first kiss
Johnny Taylor
“the rose of the world was breathing out smell”
narrator
important quote
pain remorseless sweet
oxymoron
she was how old when sitting under the pear tree
sixteen
“that was before the golden dust of pollen had beglamored his rags and her eyes”
describing Johnny taylor
how does janie see johnny taylor
as a glorious being
when was the end of janie’s childhood
when she went inside after her kiss with johnny
nanny’s head and face are compared to the
standing roots of some old tree that had been torn away by storm
nannys words made janie’s kiss look like
a manure pile after a rain
what does nanny think of brother logan killicks
he has money and that he is a good man
what does janie think of brother logan killicks
he look like some ole skullhead in de grave yard
janie’s father
ran off
logan killicks symbolizes
protection
us colored folks is
branches without roots
tree imagery
nanny
who was nanny’s slave master
marse roberts
look like she had been living through one hundred years in january without one day of spring
hyperbole and simile
janie’s mom’s name
leafy
