their eyes--chapters 1-10

Question 1

3 examples of male voice

Answer 1

logan- soft then cruel
Jody- demanding, powerful, belittles
teacake- sweet, flirty, light, fun

Question 2

3 examples of women’s voice

Answer 2

Pheobe- calm, advisory, acceptive
mrs. Robbins- begging
nanny- protective, fearful
Janie-fluctuates, no voice-> builds up strength

Question 3

author’s voice is

Answer 3

poetic and colloquial

Question 4

examples of domestic images

Answer 4

well, if she must eat out of a long-handled spoon, she must
nanny is a cracked plate
janie starched and ironed her face
Joe’s fat hangs off like bags off of an ironing board

Question 5

Johnny taylor represents

Answer 5

janie’s loss of innocence

Question 6

logan represents

Answer 6

security, pacify nann

Question 7

joe represents

Answer 7

horizon->abusive

Question 8

teacake represents

Answer 8

real sexual awakening, nice, respect, equality

Question 9

richard Wright was

Answer 9

bitter towards the novel because it was not a protest novel

Question 10

alice walker says that women

Answer 10

can choose when to use their voice

Question 11

debate over voice in the novel

Answer 11

janie should have used her voice

Question 12

quest images

Answer 12

road
gate
horizon

Question 13

joe abuses janie twice. when?

Answer 13

over her cooking

at the store when she insulted jody

Question 14

janie’s quest is not for ___
she could have_____
she doesn’t like to be ______
she wants a _____

Answer 14

things
thrown over logan’s land
set apart
relationship

Question 15

logan though of janie as a

Answer 15

worker

Question 16

joe though of janie as a

Answer 16

trophy wife

Question 17

canon-

Answer 17

list of accepted works

Question 18

Janie has been to the big

Answer 18

association of life

Question 19

what is the big association of life

Answer 19

death- tragedy

Question 20

who hasn’t been to the big association of life

Answer 20

the porch

Question 21

nanny thinks the chair represents

Answer 21

relaxation

Question 22

joe thinks the chair represents

Answer 22

high chair with Janie- isolation

Question 23

the porch thinks the chair represents

Answer 23

talk and gossip

Question 24

Janie despises

Answer 24

isolation and the chair

Question 25

who becomes the bearer of Janie’s tale

Answer 25

Pheobe

Question 26

why doesn’t janie use her voice

Answer 26

because she knows that the town won’t listen to her, they will listen to Pheobe

Question 27

He was a whirlwind among breezes

Answer 27

metaphor to Joe

Question 28

face look like it didn’t have 1 day of spring

Answer 28

plantation mistres

Question 29

who is compared to a skull head

Answer 29

logan

Question 30

who said “you ain’t going into that mess of commoness

Answer 30

Joe