TEWWG ER 2

In chapter 10 Janie was surprised that Tea Cake wanted her to play checkers. In the passage it describes her looking him over then her getting the chills through her body. This is a new moment for Janie for she has not been able to experience freedom until the death of her late husband. With this newfound freedom she is able to experience it with another man too. Also in the American society the game of checkers is thought of to be a game play be old wise men thus making it manly. And for a woman to play the game it seems to break the barriers of the society. The fact that a man actually wants her to play and is willing to spend the time teaching her is extraordinary to her too. For this book is set in a time where meal dominance is popular in the American society.