Answer to Question #278997 in English for Kelsey Jand

Question

Summarize Chapter 18 in your own words for Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Answer 1

One afternoon, Janie was watching a large group of Seminole Indians that steadily walked past her house and asks them where they're going. The Indians reply that they're going to higher ground, explaining that a hurricane is coming. Fear about the potential hurricane thrills through the muck as more Indians continue pass by, and many of the other residents of the muck also begin to flee, along with a variety of animals all feeling the winds of the impending hurricane.

As the wind slaps against them and the waters rise, Tea Cake tells Janie that he assumes she is thinking about her big house back in Eatonville and wondering why Tea Cake ever "pulled" here to the muck. Janie responds that she doesn't feel that way at all and is happy as long as they stay together. Eventually, Tea Cake, Janie and Motor Boat decide to flee to find higher ground, as the waters continue to rise and they watch "people trying to run in raging waters and screaming when they find they couldn't."

Janie fights to swim in the "fighting water" as Tea Cake, too, begins to lose his strength. Tea Cake sees a cow swimming with a dog atop its back and tells her to grab onto the cow's tail for help. When Janie grabs the cow's tail, the dog attempts to attack her. Immediately upon seeing Janie in danger, Tea Cake launches toward the animal, and fights the dog to its death. Unfortunately, just before its death, the dog bites Tea Cake in the cheek, leaving him one last mark of natural world destruction before he and Janie can seek shelter.