Characters in Their Eyes Were Watching God

The younger man who humiliates an older woman and takes her money:

• Vergible

• Tea Cake

• Sterrett

• Who Flung

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Janie's best female friend:

• Annie Tyler

• Phoeby Watson

• Nanny

• Mrs. Turner

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

This guy upsets Nanny by kissing Janie:

• Matt Bonner

• Lee Coker

• Jody Starks

• Johnny Taylor

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

This person starts a fight at a bar

• Motorboat

• Johnny Taylor

• Coodemay

• Lige Moss

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Died in the hurricane:

• Sterrett

• Mrs. Samuels

• Booker T. Washington

• Sam Watson

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Comes to the grocery store to beg for food

• Miss Leafy

• Mrs. Washington

• Mrs. Tyler

• Mrs. Robbins

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Has his manhood mocked in front of his friends:

• Vergible Woods

• Logan Killicks

• Jody Starks

• Sam Watson

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Personified as having square toes and living in the West

• Death

• the Horizon

• the Pear Tree

• the Eyes watching God

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

She startched and ironed her face before going to the funeral:

• Phoeby

• Annie

• Jody

• Janie

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Helped Janie around the store

• Vergible

• Malachi

• Hezekiah

• Lige

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6