Happy Marriage

After two unsuccessful marriages in the past, Janie’s marriage with Tea Cake is looking better than her other two marriages ever did. Even before Janie was yet married to Tea Cake, she seemed so joyous whenever he came to her store. Just on the night that Janie had met Tea Cake, she stood on her porch “quenching the thirst of the day” because she enjoyed meeting and having fun with Tea Cake (Hurston 99).

The second day after Janie and Tea Cake’s second meet, Janie had “thought resisting thoughts about Tea Cake” all throughout the day in the store (Hurston 106). This shows that Tea Cake is really on Janie’s mind and she is crazy about him. The morning after Janie had these thoughts about Tea Cake, he came to her door and told her he’d be back later to tell her something but instead came the night after that and told Janie, “bought me somethin’ tuh haul you off in” (Hurston 108). Later, Janie says, “Ah wants tuh go wid you real bad…” and Tea Cake responds with, “nobody else on earth kin hold uh candle tuh you, baby. You got de keys to de kingdom” (Hurston 109). When Tea Cake said this, it sounds like Tea Cake really loves Janie and just wants her to be a big part of his life. Janie appears to want the same thing out of Tea Cake which is why they’re marriage seems to flow.

Janie had thought Tea Cake had run off when she learned that her $200 dollars was missing, but he had just gone out to buy fish and other things to make a big dinner for him and Janie. He had spent her $200 but got it back because he did not want to disappoint Janie.

This quote relates to how Tea Cake feels about Janie because Tea Cake says, “...Ah been wishin’ so bad tuh git mah hands in yo’ hair. It’s so pretty. It feels jus’ lak underneath uh dove’s wing next to mah face” (Hurston 103).