Tea Cakes In The Great Gatsby By Zora Neale

He also becomes very jealous and tells her what to wear “You oughta throw somethin’ over yo’ shoulders befo’ you go outside. You ain’t no young pullet no mo’. You’se uh ole hen now”(91-92). Janie feels a lack of freedom once again. She becomes scared of him “But Ah hates disagreement and confusion, so Ah better not talk. It makes it hard tuh git along” (p. 67). Janie had to start changing her priorities, dreams, and just what she wanted from Starks in general just so an argument did happen (Frantrele). Eventually, she falls out of love with him when he is physically abusive towards her and she leaves him.
Janie’s third and last husband was Tea Cakes and he was the most loving out of all of her marriages. Tea Cakes unlike the rest of her marriages