The thing made itself into pictures and hung around Janie's bedside all night long. Anyhow, she wasn't going back to Eatonville to be laughed at and pitied. She had ten dollars in her pocket and twelve hundred in the bank. But oh God, don't let Tea Cake be off somewhere hurt and Ah not know nothing about it. And God, please suh, don't let him love nobody else but me. Maybe Ah'm is uh fool, Lawd, lak dey say, but Lawd, Ah been so lonesome, and Ah been waitin', Jesus. Ah done waited uh long time.
Janie dozed off to sleep but she woke up in time to see the sun sending up spies ahead of him to mark out the road through the dark. he peeped up over the door sill of the world and made a little foolishness with red. but pretty soon, he laid all that aside and went about his business dressed all in white. But it was always going to be dark to Janie if Tea Cake didn't soon come back. She got out of the bed but a chair couldn't hold her. she dwindled down on the floor her head in a rocking chair.
- P1 Topic Sentence
1. Point Of View:
First person narration 2. Mood/Tone
The mood of this paragraph is worrisome 3. Purpose
This paragraph serves as an insight to Janie’s fears towards achieving her dreams of fulfillment. By implying Janie’s relationship within the last sentence: “she had waited all her life or something, and it had killed her when it found her”, it creates a worrisome mood. This paragraph is implying Janie’s relationship without stating it, but carries the mood of worry throughout the next two paragraphs.
· P2 Topic Sentence
Janie’s insecurities about her marriage is strengthened by the pity she portrays towards herself, and the impact Annie Tyler’s fate has on her.1. Point Of View
Between first person narration, to 3rd person limitted2. Mood/Tone
Pity, Worrisome3. Literary Devices
Juxtaposition: “[…] bank. But oh god” -To shift between the narrator, and Janie’s thoughts.Dialect: “But oh god […] uh long time.”- To allow Janie’s own thoughts to seep through into this passage, and allow the reader to realize the vulnerability Janie is depicting.
Imagery: “The thing made itself into pictures and hung around Janie’s bedside all night long”-Implies almost a haunting of these memories Janie is recalling.
Repetition: “God, suh, Lawd” –adds a mood of pity in Janie’s tone of thought
4. Purpose
The purpose of this paragraph is to strengthen the implication of her insecurities about her marriage, and to illustrate her weakness by the pity she portrays towards herself.· P3 Topic Sentence
Janie’s embark on a new beginning may cast its’ light on the world, but allow a shadow to form within Janie’s mind.1. Point Of View
First person narrative2. Mood/Tone
Hopelessness3. Purpose
This paragraph highlights Janie’s complete hopelessness without Tea Cake. Her vulnerability proves strong as she believes that “it was always going to be dark […] if Tea Cake didn’t come back soon.” The use of language Hurston uses, amplifies Janie’s state of being. With the many contrasts between light and dark/black and white, and the usage of words such as “dwindled”, it carries on the hopelessness tone throughout this paragraph. By using the phrase: “it was always going to be dark […] if Tea Cake didn’t come back soon”, it contributes to the carrying of the worrisome mood as well.Comments:
1. Your analysis of the repetition of the words towards God relates to the analysis I made as well. Also your examples to back up your statements are extremely strengthening.
2. I like the way you strengthened "despair" by adding words like "cruel", "Discontent", "Miserabe".
Also, "people who had accepted their melancholy lives started to perserver" I agree with this line and the acceptance of their despair.
3.Your presentation to your word, "guilt", adds imagery to your story. And the way you used descriptive words within your story, adds to the imagery as well.
