The Real TEA (Cake)
While reading about Tea Cake I couldn't help but fall for him a bit, as I believe Hurston intended. Tea Cake, despite his random arrivals and departures, is an incredibly sweet guy. from the beginning he has cared about Janie and her needs and wants more than any other guy in her life. Though Janie had other partners that were smooth, and who could see how pretty she was they never seemed to value Janie for Janie. Though I realize it's early in the book and we don't know quite that much about Tea Cake, besides the fact that he and Janie don't work out, I can't help but swoon a bit when hearing about their relationship. How many people, in or out of High School can say their partners take them on spontaneous fishing trips at night? How many people, regardless of how much we want it, have had someone who has truly enjoyed playing with their hair endlessly, just for the pure fact that it will make the person whose hair is being played with feel good? Tea Cake not on...