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Week 4 Discussion Question:** //__KerrAJ -__// The first chapter finally makes sense now that the book in finished. Janie has come a long way from when she first began her story, though the ending was very tragic. If you had been Janie during the gun scene, would you have made any different choices? Why? After the trial, would you have stayed in the Glades, or went back to Eatonville?


 * Week 3 Discussion Question: DobbelsteynO: Now with Joe gone, and tea-cake here have you seen any changes in Janie's lifestyles? Why do you think she is different, or why hasn't she changed?

Week 2 Discussion Question:// GaraganC //: To Janie, life with Joe didn't turn out to be as good as she had imagined. What do you think Janie will do about her feelings about Joe ATM. Do you think she will grin and bear it? or run away again? **

__//KerrAJ//__ **-** Janie really doesn't have anywhere else to go, it's almost like she is trapped there. I think she feels like she has no choice but to grin and bear it, because what other choice does she have? She could be worse off, at least she has a nice house, food, and pretty much whatever she wants. Just because he isn't nice to her, isn't enough of a reason for her to leave. If she had somewhere to go, or someone to go to, I think she would definitly leave Joe. GaraganC--> I think that Janie makes her opinons based on impulse, and what seems right at the time. Therefore, that leaves her in the situation she is in now. She doesn't love the man she is married to and is unhappy about the circumstances. She should do what she wants even though provides many things for her. If she doesn't love him she shouldn't be with him, it's not fair for either of them.

//__KerrAJ -__// I agree that since she doesn't really love them, she shouldn't believe him. But, since it is the 1930's, I think it is smart she stay with them. Although she is a strong, independent woman, it would just look too wrong for the time to be living all by herself. I think she makes the right choice by leaving with Tea-Cake, though I find the time a little convient. He just happens to come after Joe dies... I think it would have been more eventful if he came when Joe was still alive. I'm glad she finally found someone she actually loves though.  DobbelsteynO- I think that she would have stayed with joe even though her feeling for him might not have been what they were when they first ran away together, but i think that after being with Joe for a long period of time she realizes after he has passed away what she really wants. I think that Tea-Cake is really good for her,because she has found someone that she loves and that cares for her. Joe never let her be herself and Tea-Cake doesn't seem to make her be a certain way he kets her be herself. Wich in the 1930's i think that is very good that he is doing that because i think that most woman wouldn't really have a say or stand up for themself with a man, like she was with Joe, but Tea-Cake seems to be very different and i believe that to be a good thing for her. **Week 1 Discussion Question:** //__KerrAJ__// - We're able to see that Janie is not happy with her life married to Logan. When she meets the country man Joe, it doesn't take her long to leave Logan and go with Joe. Joe and Janie head to a new town made specifically for African Amerians. There, Joe quickly establishes a title for himseld, but Janie still seems unsatisfied. **What do you think Logan is going to do about Janie running off? If Logan showed up in the town, do you think Janie would stay with Joe, or go with Logan?**

// GaraganC I think that Logan will come after Janie, he really loved her and I don't think he will let her go without a reason why she did it. Janie seems to do what she wants. She will stay with Joe because of the reputation he has mad for himself and her, as the wife of the mayor. //

__KerrAJ__ - At first I thought that Logan would come after her, but now I don't think he will. Janie mentioned that she has been with Joe for like 20 years, so I think if Logan was going to come, he would have been there already. Although, I agree with Courtney, I think he really did/does love Janie. If he did show up, I think Janie would stay.