intuh lissen tuh me. You changes everything but nothin dont change you- not even death. But Ah aint goin outa here and Ah aint gointuh hush. Naw, you gointuh listen tuh me one time befo you die. Have yo way all yo life, trample and mash down and then die ruther than tuh let yoself heah bout it. Listen, Jody, you aint de Jody ah run off down de road wid. Youse whuts left after he died" (p.86) This quote shows her strong voice as well as her increasing emotional strength in light of Joes passing. After Joe did die, Janie was left in a lonely state but with a personal freedom she had not felt for years. Yet this loneliness didnt last for long, as a new man, Tea Cake, came into the picture. Janie most often showed her natural strong voice in her time spent with her next husband, Tea Cake. Alone and lonesome in Joes store, a handsome man named Vergible Woods came in to buy some cigarettes. Janie was instantly attracted to his good looks and the fact that (unlike most men that talked to Janie after Joes death) he did not seem like he wanted something from her. While Joe said that Janie didnt have the brains to learn how to play checkers, Tea Cake (Vergibles nickname) knew better and had no doubts, asking her for a game on his first visit. Though reluctant at first, Janie could not help but love him and she eventually ran off and married him. Her life with Tea Cake was like nothing she had experienced before. It was exactly like what she had dreamed of when she was younger. Though he was not rich or powerful like Joe, he treated Janie like a woman and truly loved her back. While she rarely spoke with Joe, she could hardly keep her mouth closed when she was with Tea Cake. Yet by just looking in each others eyes, they could express the deep love they felt for one another. Many critics believe that Janie found her voice towards the end of the novel because that is when she talked the most, but this is not the case. The reason she used her voice m...
