5th,+Nanny

=__ Nanny, 5th pd __=

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 * **Text Passage**
 * page 14: "De n* woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see"- Nanny to Janie
 * page 114 relates: Nanny wanted Janie to be "on the porch" as a white woman, but Janie learned that she hated being on the porch
 * Nanny only wanted the best for Janie, but Janie didn't like the position she was given, she wants a voice
 * The grass was not greener on the other side
 * **Article Passage**:
 * end of page 46 to page 47
 * Summary:
 * "The mule's function as a beast of burden plays itself out as a symbol for slavery-institutionalized or otherwise. Nanny has firsthand experience of slavery with its associated economic and emotional bondage"
 * Nanny had to run away to save not only her life, but her baby daughter's
 * "We need to consider, in addition to its role as a beast of burden in a relationship based on an unequal distribution of power, the mule's stereotypical stubbornness and unpredictability"
 * **Notes:**
 * Janie tries to explain to Nanny her side of the story and tries to speak up but Nanny slaps her- Nanny's opinion is the most important and Janie must be silenced to listen
 * Nanny says she wants things to be different for Janie, but really she is silencing Janie by deciding how she should live her life
 * Nanny gives Janie a type of pecking order/ food chain
 * White men > white woman > black men > black women
 * Black woman are at the bottom of the food chain
 * mule=silencing
 * Nanny was raped by a white ma and her past experience of being told what to do by a white man has scared her perspective
 * Nanny wants Janie not to be a person who works the land like she did
 * She also doesn't want Janie to end up like her mother who was raped by her school teacher --> both Nanny and Leafy were taken advantage of and Nanny wants Janie to have a safe life. In order to achieve a safe life, she must marry a good black man instead of kissing random boys
 * Nanny slaps Janie. Afterwards, she says she doesn't want anyone else hurting her (foreshadow)
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