“tea cake” is the nickname for verigible woods. why do you think he received that nickname, and what does it suggest about his character?it would be very much appreciated : )

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Tea Cake’s original name, “Vegible Woods". The “woods”, in Tea Cake’s previous name symbolizes the nature and proves that Tea Cake once was a man that was satisfied with his current life style. Later on, Tea Cake renames himself as “Tea Cake”, which is ironic because back in that time period, a tea, which was consumed by the whites, was mostly produced by African Americans. Thus, the name “Tea Cake”, shows how people at that time period were absorbed into white men’s culture and how Tea Cake, as an example, failed to stand against the social hierarchy and even craved to be part of their society at the end of the novel.

normally working animals are domesticated and ruled by a master, a domesticator (tamer), to perform basic and important functions on a farm, for example. the value used in this context is animal labor in exchange for food. it is not so much a contrast to the story told by napoleon and the pigs, since the animals of that particular farm also performed functions on the farm through domestication. the only thing is that in this case, who rules them is a pig, also an animal, but very respected, to whom the other animals lent him submission. that's about a strong relationship of dependency between animal and owner.