Climax
Foreshadowing the climax, Janie was taught how to shoot a gun by Tea Cake and becomes even more accurate than he. She can shoot anything right on the dot. As the love between Janie and Tea Cake becomes stronger, the climax comes closer. This all builds up to the climax when Janie kills Tea Cake, her true love. Possessed by rabies, Tea Cake comes at her with a gun and she is forced to shoot him in self defense Hurston's quote on page 184, "'Tea Cake, put down dat gun and go back tuh bed!' Janie yelled at him as the gun wavered weakly in his hand."
Though first feeling anguish and pain at the death of Tea Cake, Janie’s mourning period only lasts as long as it needs to. In the dénouement, the resolution of the story, Janie feels only what she wants to; the love she has for Tea Cake, and is able to remain calm and peaceful throughout the rest of the novel.
“Janie held his head tightly to her breast and wept and thanked him wordlessly for giving her the chance for loving service” (Hurston 184).
Realizing that once found, her natural self will always stay confident by her side, Janie remains untouched by the judgment of society. She no longer needs a man to bring out the true being inside of her. Even in the courtroom, Janie has almost an aura of indifference. No one can banish the love she has for Tea Cake. Hurston captures this feeling delicately on page 193 when she says “Of course he wasn't dead. He could never be dead until she herself and finished feeling and thinking.”
“Janie held his head tightly to her breast and wept and thanked him wordlessly for giving her the chance for loving service” (Hurston 184).
Realizing that once found, her natural self will always stay confident by her side, Janie remains untouched by the judgment of society. She no longer needs a man to bring out the true being inside of her. Even in the courtroom, Janie has almost an aura of indifference. No one can banish the love she has for Tea Cake. Hurston captures this feeling delicately on page 193 when she says “Of course he wasn't dead. He could never be dead until she herself and finished feeling and thinking.”