Printed Quotes- Journal #7

1)Alliteration: “She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight” (Hurston, 11). Hurston uses alliteration to begin a lot of her passages mainly to set the tone of the passage. In this specific passage, Hurston used alliteration to create a relaxed tone that carried over into a more optimistic theme of flowers representing happiness inside the passage. This eventually turns into Janie's belief that love should be as perfect as a bright spring day underneath a shady tree.

2)Symbol-Power:

“She tore off the kerchief from her head and let down her plentiful hair. The weight, the length, the glory was there” (Hurston, 86). Hurston uses Janie's hair as a symbol for power throughout her novel. During this scene Joe has just died and Janie is able to let down her hair for the first time in about 20 years. This is important because making Janie put her hair up was one of many ways Joe controlled her. And by putting her hair down, it showed that Janie was now in control of herself. This gesture developed into different themes throughout the novel like self-fullfillment.

3) Syntax: “Janie was a good cook, and Joe had looked forward to his dinner […] before he stalked on back to the store” (Hurston, 72). Hurston uses different syntax an stuctures depending on the setting that she is introducing. In a more relaxed setting, Hurston uses long narrative pieces to describe the beauty of the setting along with very descriptive detail. However, in a more stressfull setting, for example leading up to a fight or dramatic scene, Hurston uses short sentences along with short narrative pieces. She then uses a lot of dialouge to describe the scene. This is very significant when she uses foreshadowing.