1. Hurston uses ambiguity, dialect, euphemisms, mood, tone, syntax, personification, imagery and figurative language to depict Janie's true fears of dying a lonesome death.
2. In the first paragraph, Hurston portrays Janie's regret towards waiting for her fantasized ideals of love through ambiguity and euphemisms to soften the hard truth.
3. In the first few sentences of the second paragraph, Hurston uses personification and imagery to give the audience an image that Janie's thoughts and fears are a permanent memory of the past in her mind that continue to linger on with her.
4. The last half of the second paragraph switches into first person point of view, which gives the reader a personal experience with Janie through Hurston's use of dialect.
5. In the last paragraph, Hurston uses figurative language in describing Tea Cake's homecoming as a symbol of return for Janie's hope.
6. In the middle of the paragraph, Hurston plays with color imagery to represent the changes in Tea Cake's personality.
7. In the final lines of the paragraph, Hurston reinstates Janie's fears of waiting for love and dying a lonesome death because of it.
Comments:
To Hana: I like how you talked about the change in Hurston's tone towards the sun. Hurston, up until this point, used the sun as a representation of a new beginning, but I think you are right in that she now shows pain and desperation towards it. Maybe Janie is now desperate for a new beginning, so Hurtson is referencing to the sun to show this?
To Clara Dunklee: This is a very strong analysis! I would never be able to come up with these things on my own! I like how you talked about love killing Annie Tyler. I also like how you referenced it back to the beginning of the book when Hurston talked about dreams. It's interesting how these character's dreams will eventually kill them - Annie's dream of true love; Jody's dream of being a man of power and eventually dying from being weak, etc.
For the "dying in peace" part, I thought Hurtston was using a euphemism to simply say that she was dying a slow death and that her daughter was once again taking care of her. I do agree though that Janie is reflecting and in a way, scaring herself into thinking that she is going to be just like Annie Tyler.
To Vlada: It's cool how you focused on imagery! Your analysis on the imagery of the sun is something I never thought of. Your approach to the color description that Hurston uses is extremely creative as well. I never thought of the "white" meaning serious before, but it all makes sense. When I first read it, I thought the color description of red representing attraction and white representing the fear that Janie develops with Tea Cake about him leaving her.
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