LoriO asked this question about Their Eyes Were Watching God:
A question about the ending: Tea Cake bites Janie as he dies...Wouldn't she too need to be treated for rabies? A silly thing, but it bothered me. Did I miss a mention of it in all the emotion and motion of the ending?
Alleluialu That bothered me, too, but the doctor was with her shortly after it happened. He was bringing the medicine that Tea Cake should have received right af…moreThat bothered me, too, but the doctor was with her shortly after it happened. He was bringing the medicine that Tea Cake should have received right after the dog bit him, so in my mind he would have given it to Janie. (less)
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