Chapters 16 und 17- journal

• Mrs. Turner is very controlling and domineering as a person, and these traits are enhanced by her very dominant role in her relationship. She " wears the pants" so to speak in her marriage, and that serves to make her appear more rigid and dominant. Also their relationship seems to be very hollow, perhaps because of Mrs. Turner's obcession with skin color.
• Jaine in Tea Cake stand in stark contrast to the Turners- Janie's relationship actually based off of love and mutual attraction, and appears to be more symbiotic.