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Discussion Questions

Do you think the relationship between Janie and Tea Cake would have been different if she had not acquired the fortune from the late Mayor Starks? How so? Consider her past marriages and views on love, what evidence supports your argument?

How did you read Joe’s gesture of buying the mule back? Consider its symbolic importance.

In terms of the socio-economic situation at the time the book was written, what ideological values are implicit or explicit in Their Eyes Were Watching God. What roles do these values play?

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