Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching God

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…she also saw something different in his eyes, something that did not belong. Janie killed Tea Cake when he tried to kill her. But she did not kill the Tea Cake she knew and loved. That Tea Cake was long gone, and Janie knew that. She also knew that she accomplished everything she wished for in life, so she returned to the town where she was born to live out the rest of her years.