1, 2, 3, Eyes On Me!

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The beginning of Chapter 12 is a long paragraph of judgement towards Janie doing things with Tea Cake. This, at first, made me think there might be another end of relationship, but instead she moved away from all the judgement and in with Tea Cake. She 'turned in to the skid' good for her =D

The difference between the judgement here, and in the beginning with Joe, is love. Janie loves Tea Cake at this point. She moves with him to the Everglades, "down in the muck." Kinda like being 'fat and happy.'

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(But Tea Cake never let go. They wrestled on until they were doped with their own fumes and emanations; till their clothes had been torn away; till he hurled her to the floor and held her there melting her resistance with the heat of his body, doing things with their bodies to express the inexpressible; kissed her until she arched her body to meet him and they fell asleep in sweet exhaustion.)

Or in other words...ERR-E...ERR-E..ERR-E..ERR-E ERR-E ERR-E ERRRREEE!...ERR-E...

This is my statement: sex is always the answer. In this chapter, Janie is furious that Tea Cake is flirting with a girl named Nunkie. She caught them 'wrestling' and when they got home, she wanted to throw down, and she did. She wanted to destroy Tea Cake! But what she didn't realize is that Tea Cake is probably familiar with hoes who have a pimp to answer to. He knows the answer. Sex is always the answer, and there is a reason Tea Cake has this name; He 'takes the cake' on this matter! He is the man at giving women the answer.

So he gave her the answer, and she accepted it with "sweet exhaustion." And the next morning, they joke about Nunkie. They pretty much forget it ever happened. Sex is ALWAYS the answer.

If you're not convinced, try out one of these songs
"S.E.X." -Nickleback
"What's Your Fantasy" -Ludacris
"Every Time We Touch" -Cascada
"Smiley Face (It's All Good)" -Bowling For Soup

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