Scene Response #2

The scene I chose to respond to was the seen where Janie and Vergible Woods, aka Tea Cake, are playing checkers. Tea comes into the store and buys some cigarettes, then asks her why she isn't at the ball game, to which she coolly replies, "Well, Ah see somebody else besides me ain't there." He then challenges her to a game of checkers and says that she looks like she'd be could at it. Janie says that she can't play at all. So they play and converse, until Tea tries to take Janie's king. Janie grabs his hand to stop him because she worked so hard to get it. She tells him to take any other piece, but not her king. They "upset" the board, which I assume means spilled the board. She gets them Cokes and he introduces himself.

This scene is significant because it shows Janie once again falling for another man who could very well ruin her life again, which she promised she wouldn't do. This shows Janie's inability to keep a promise, even if it is to herself. Tea Cake may seem nice enough, but he could be just like Logan, or even worse, like Joe. She fell for this man almost immediately, just like Joe, and seems to be planning to leave with him, just like Joe. Will it end up the same way? Only the book will tell.