So little by little, she gritted her teeth and learned to be silent. The wedding spirit left the bedroom and moved into the living room. He was there to shake hands whenever company came to visit, but he never returned to the room again. So she put something in there to represent the spirit as an image of the Virgin Mary in a church. The bed was no longer a field of daisies for her and Joe to play in. It was a place she went to when she was sleepy and tired” (Hurston 71). Hurston's allusions are implemented in this part of Janie's life as they show how Janie's mind wanders again. She longs for love. She longs to be heard. Her struggle to find her voice as an African American woman comes to a head in this part of the story because of how she is stifled by her husband, as shown in the excerpt where Hurston alludes to the Virgin Mary : Their marriage is simply routine now, all the flickering sparks struggling to survive are now reduced to ashes. After Jody dies, Janie finally discovers true love with Tea Cake. Once Tea Cake enters the picture, the author begins to weave metaphor after metaphor. This figurative language presents readers with a feeling of euphoria, most likely very similar to the feelings that Tea Cake aroused in them.