Eyes ch. 12-16

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Eyes Overview & Discussion Points : 

Eyes Overview & Discussion Points Ch. 12-16

12: Last days in Eatonville : 

12: Last days in Eatonville Tea Cake and Janie gone hunting. TC and J gone fishing. TC and Jaine gone to Orlando to the movies. 112: Pheoby “You always did class off.” 113: J’s plan—sell store, marry TC 114: Lived Grandma’s way, now gonna live mine. 115: Blues song? “Some of dese mornin’s and it won’t be long, you gointuh wake up callin’ me and Ah’ll be gone.”

13: Marriage : 

13: Marriage 116: Jacksonville on the train. “Hard to love a woman that always make you feel so wishful. 118: TC gone, money gone. J thinks of Annie Tyler…. 122-3: TC explains about throwing party. 125: TC = great gambler. Buys a switchblade. 127: TC wins. Uses switchblade. 128: New plan: Off to Everglades.

14: Everglades : 

14: Everglades Migrant work: Beans. 131: Hunting, target practice; J gets better than TC. 131: Jumpin jooks. “Blues made and used right on the spot.” 132: TC = big fun. Guitar. Dice. Laughter. 133: J starts working, too. Why? How does this change things for her?

15: Janie Learns Jealousy : 

15: Janie Learns Jealousy Nunkie hits on TC 137: fight over this—how is this resolved? “express the inexpressible.”

16: Mrs. Turner : 

16: Mrs. Turner 140: Mrs. T likes J b/c she’s light-skinned; disapproves of TC b/c he’s BLACK. Wants to “lighten up the race.” 141: Mrs. T says, “us oughtta class off.” 142: Mrs. T bitter b/c she has white features but has to be lumped in with the rest. Talk of Booker T. Washington—white folks nigger. Mrs. T’s brother is smarter, better, etc. J should marry him! 143: TC hears all this talk—vows to boycott restaurant. Tells J not to bring Mrs. T around. 145: Mrs. T had built an altar to the unattainable. 146: Don’t bother with her too much. Just something to talk about really. Then the crowds return.