he would shoot her. Her maturation showed her that Tea Cake would have preferred for her to live, not having him live and regretting the rest of his life for killing his love. She had a full life to live while Tea Cake was overtaken by rabies, so she knew that it was right for her to have ended his life instead of hers. She was put on trial, but would be found innocent of all charges. “The sun was almost down and Janie had seen the sun rise on her troubled love and then she had shot Tea Cake and had been in jail and had been tried for her life and now she was free.” (Hurston: 188). The trial was know over and Janie could set up a nice funeral to show the appreciation she had for Tea Cake by burying him with a nice ceremony as if he were like a “Pharaoh.” She would remember her life with Tea Cake for it brought her great joy and love. Her maturity was now complete and she could live her life out by herself if she had to because her harsh life as three different people made it so ever sweet when she had that one momentous and glorious life with Tea Cake.Janie’s life began as a very harsh and cruel journey towards a true self-revelation of herself. Starting with her teen years, she was hassled by her Grandmother to marry for stability and money, not love. She would then follow a man with a big voice to escape the laborious and unaffectionate life with Logan to marry Jody. Realizing that Jody was an even bigger nuisance for a much longer period of time, she would then go on to marry Tea Cake. Janie has returned to her own place, as her own woman, with her own memories to guide and comfort her. Although she grieves Tea Cake’s unfortunate death, she has come back a wiser person and is stronger because of it. She will keep Tea Cake alive in heart to keep her company and live joyfully in the next stage of her life knowing that Tea Cake helped her realize her capacity to mature into a loving ad...
