Culminating question: Janie says that her love for Tea Cake is "self-crushing love." Which examples from
Chapters 14 and 15 best illustrate this feeling, and how? You do not have to write a paragraph; you should
choose three pieces of evidence, and then write several sentences below each of them to explain your thinkin
• Define a "self-crushing love." What does that mean to you, in terms of the world of the novel?
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Collect your best evidence from these two chapters that fits your definition. Take notes on how and why the
evidence fits your description. Remember that sometimes strong evidence is evidence that is NOT obvious and
begs analysis or evidence that contains figurative language or a literary device.
Look back at your definition. Would you change it at all, based on the evidence you collected?
