The End

Janie talks non-stop throughout the novel, but at the end when Tea Cake dies she doesn't say much at all. The trial goes on about if Janie killed Tea Cake. Janie doesn't say much I think for one main reason. Throughout the novel Janie is defending herself about if she really loved jody when he died. People doubted that she really loved him so she had to speak up and out to defend herself. Janie also was searching for the love she always dreamed for and she couldn't find it. Because she couldn't ever find the love she really wanted she was always speaking out about it and complaining about the husband she was with and how he didn't treat her the way she wanted to be treated. Finally she found Tea Cake and he treated her the way she always wanted to be treated. She actually loved Tea Cake unlike any of her other husbands. When Tea Cake died she finally didn't have to speak up on how much she loved Tea Cake and she didn't have to prove anything to anyone because inside herself she new she really loved him and she didn't care what anyone else thought about her. This is why I feel Janie didn't speak up at the end of the novel during the trial.