Passage From Chapter 14

Every day they were practising. Tea Cake made her shoot at little things just to give her good aim. Pistol and shot gun and rifle.  It got so the others stood around and watched them. Some of the men would beg for a shot at the target themselves.  It was the most exciting thing on the muck.  Better than the  jook and the pool-room unless some special band was playing for a dance.  And the thing that got everybody was the way Janie caguht on.  She got to the place she could shoot a hawk out of a pine tree and not tear him up.  Shoot his head off. She got to be a better shot than teak cake.  They'd go out any late afternoon and come back loaded down with game.  One night they gor a boat and went out hunting alligators.  Shining their phosphorescent eyes and shooting them in the dark. They could sell the hides and teeth in Palm Beach besides having fun together till work got pressing. Comments "It got so everyone..." - Here we see Janie become apart of the community. back to passage "One night they..." -With Janie's advancement in her shooting and hunting, this is when we can see that Janie is taken even bigger steps out of the typical gender role of women. back to passage

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