Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapter 6 Summary

Chapter 8 After the confrontation, Jody moves into another room in the house. His health keeps getting worse and he gets desperate, consulting with quacks who promise miracle cures. He avoids contact with Janie and stops eating her cooking. Janie learns from Pheoby that there is a rumor around town that Janie is trying to poison Jody for revenge. Nevertheless, Janie sends for a real doctor from Orlando. The doctor examines Jody and determines that his kidneys have stopped working and that he will die soon.

Chapter 8 Janie begins to feel sorry for Jody and wants to see him one last time. Jody refuses, but Janie decides that it will soon be too late, so she enters his room. He is cold and distant, and their conversation quickly deteriorates into an argument. He says that she never appreciated all that he did for her; she responds that he never let her express her emotions. She tells him that he is dying and Jody finally realizes the truth. He breaks down, lets out one long sob, and begs Janie not to tell him such things. Nevertheless, she yells at him, accusing him of tyranny and egotism. Janie adds that he was always trying to change her and was never happy with who she really was.

Chapter 8 Jody asks Janie to stop but she continues. She sees that he is struggling with death and feels sorry for him. He dies, and she thinks about all the time that has passed since she met him. She looks in the mirror and sees that she has aged but is still beautiful. She rips off her head scarf, freeing her imprisoned hair, but then realizes that she must appear to be in mourning. She ties it back up, assumes a mask of sadness, and yells out the window that Jody has died.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapter 10 Their Eyes Were Watching God

Chapter 10 One day, Hezekiah leaves the store early to go to a baseball game. Janie decides to close up early, since most of the town is at the game. But before she can go, a tall stranger enters the store. He buys cigarettes from her and then begins making flirtatious small talk, making her laugh with his jokes. He invites her to play checkers, which thrills her; no man has ever respected her enough to ask her to play checkers. She notices his good looks and body.

Chapter 10 Janie and the stranger play a good-natured game and continue their flirtation. Afterward, they chat some more and Janie asks him how he plans to get home. He answers that he always finds a way home, even if that requires sneaking onto a train illegally. She finally asks his name, and he replies that it is Vergible Woods but that everyone calls him Tea Cake. He pretends to leave but makes Janie laugh with a playful, imaginative joke, and he stays around. They continue to joke and laugh until the store fills with people returning from the game, and they talk until everyone goes home for the night. He helps her lock up the store, walks her to her porch, and bids her good night.