Sarah's image of a sweet innocent new mother began to change because of this novel factor. ... It seems that since her conditions of a happy life are being challenged by outside force such as the police, she is willing to take another life to keep her happy life. ... When the identity is taken away by an outside force, people slip into this moment of aporia. ...
Although Nanny insisted that love was not an important factor in their marriage, the absence of love is what essentially drove the marriage apart. ... The gate is another significant metaphor used in the novel because it represents the beginning and end of segments of Janie's life. ... Janie's hopes of something new coming into her life from outside the gate come true soon when Joe Starks begins meeting with her everyday while Logan was away locating a mule for Janie to work the fields with. ... The first was that Tea Cake was the first man in the novel that Janie was explicitly attr...
