TEWWG Part 1 quote review

“What she doin coming back here in dem overalls? Can’t she find no dress to put on?--...What dat ole forty year ole ‘oman doin’ wid her hair swingin’ down her back lak some young gal?

• Janie

• Nanny

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• Community/ town members

“N*****, whut’s yo’ baby doin’ wid gray eyes and yaller hair?...Ahd if it kills you Ah’ll stand de loss.”

• Janie

• Nanny

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• None of the above

“Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think. Ah…”

• Janie

• Nanny

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• None of the above

“Ah’m ole now. Ah can’t be always guidin’ yo feet from harm and danger.”

• Janie

• Nanny

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• None of the above

“You behind a plow! You ain’t got no business wid uh plow than uh hog is got wid uh holiday!...A pretty doll-baby lak you is made to sit on de front porch and rock and fan yo’self and eat p’tatersdat other folks plant just for you.”

• Janie

• Nanny

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• None of the above

“Ah thought you would ‘preciate good treatment. Thought Ah’s take and make somethin’ outa yuh. You think youse white folks by de way you act.”

• Janie

• Nanny

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• Logan Killicks

“I god, Ah ain’t nowhere near old enough to have no grown daughter. This here is mah wife.”

• Janie

• Nanny

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• None of the above

“Dat ‘oman sin’t so awfully pretty no how when yuh take de second look at her…’Tain’t nothin’ to her ‘ceptin’ dat long hair.”

• Janie

• Nanny

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• Community Member/ townsmen

“Thank yuh fuh yo’ compliments, but mah wife don’t know nothin’ bout no speech-makin’. Ah never married her for nothin’ lak dat. She’s uh woman and her place is in de home.”

• Janie

• Nanny

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• Community Member/ townsmen

“Whut make her keep her head tied up lak some ole ‘oman round de store?Nobody could’t git me tuh tie no rag on mah head if Ah had hair lak dat.”

• Janie

• Nanny

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• Community Member/ townsmen