I loved the ending! Chapter 19 was rough to read, with Tea Cake getting sick, Janie shooting him, and her trial. Chapter 20 really brought the whole novel full circle and made everything fall into place and make sense.

Again I don't know what to connect this to, I'm blown away. I've never read anything that made me think or feel this much. I can't think of anything that is even close in comparison to these chapters.

Tea Cake getting sick is a symbol for not all good things last. Janie and Tea Cake had an amazing relationship and like all good things it must come to an end-so Tea Cake gets sick with rabies and goes after Janie with a gun so she shoots him and kills him. Later on she looks back and thinks of Tea Cake and gets sad, but she remembers all the good times they had and she realizes that while he may not be with her in person he is there in spirit.