Is there anything about Tea Cake that is negative about his character? What is one?

This question refers to the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Tea Cake is Janie's true love and someone who cannot be easily labelled as goor or bad. Janie's impression of him (and that of the reader) is mostly good, as Tea Cake is sweet to Janie, confident, and brave. He is also the kindest out of her husbands, and the one who cares for her the most.

However, Tea Cake is not perfect, and he has some negative traits. An example of a negative trait is that he can be irresponsible with money. Tea Cake often takes the money that Janie has put aside and spends it on unnecessary things. He then tries to win it back by gambling, which is not a responsible decision.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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