"Ah'll be gone."

Janie never really had an issue with being committed. The issue was who she was committed to. Joe for example wasn't someone she felt a strong connection with so her entire marriage was like her being locked up in a cage trying to scream and no one could hear her cries. Her marriage was like a flightless bird trying to fly. It was draining and nothing good really came out of it. Yes she had the clothes and the house but what about feelings. Joe thought she was just some Barbie housewife that would wait on him. 

     Tea Cake showed her a whole new world, a fantastic point of view. No one to tell them no, or where to go. Or say they were only dreaming. Tea Cake was was her way out. When talking to Pheoby she told her "some of dese mornin's and it won't be long, you gointuh wake up callin' me and Ah'll be gone"(pg115). Janie had her mind made up that Tea Cake was the one for her. But she still had her doubts. When she went to meet him she kept extra money that "[she] never told him about"(pg 117). This shows that Janie still can't fully trust Tea Cake. She wants to but she just doesn't want to end up like Annie Tyler. She wants Tea Cake to work. She wants them to work. Tea Cake brought out a side of Janie that was beginning to form cob webs. Tea Cake rescued the old Janie.