this book be wonderful because of the strength of it main character and janie . the story be of a girl grow into a woman and realizing and finally and that she have the right to be more than the mule of the world and that she be strong and have the right to be love and respect for who she be and not just her beauty or usefulness to others . her story be very sad in many way and haunting in it direct and raw end and but in the end hurston book be uplifting and beautiful in so many way . the movie and on the other hand and while well act and visually attractive and do not seem to understand that it be janie character development and not her finding love and that be the most important part of the story and without this development and even with the chemistry between the actor and the story feel shallow . in the novel and janie find tea cake be hearten because it be a symptom of her growth into a woman who can lead herself and have the strength to find and believe in that sort of love . in the movie the character do not change as much a she seek to be free from be box in in the film she be always the person she be a she narrate her story and just without the final independence and freedom she achieve . though it make sense that the movie have to move thing along quickly and the slowness of the story be itself important watch janie move through life so quickly aid in our not get an appropriate sense of her development a a woman . lose tea cake a she do which be haunt and well play and a the look on his face a the drool drip down will stay with me for a long time be not a it should be and just a the story leave one uncertain and frustrate a to it meaning .