No dialogue tags:
"It makes uh whole heap uh difference wid most folks, Tea Cake."
"Things lak dat got tuh do wid conveniences, but in ain't got nothin' tuh do wid love." (160)
This happens when Tea Cake and Janie are talking outside of the store when they first meet. Hurston doesn't use dialogue tags when her characters talk but instead she uses their names a lot in their dialogue to show who is talking. She does this to make the story sound smoother.
3rd person limited narration:
In the cool of the afternoon the fiend from hell specially sent to lovers arrived at Janie's ear. Doubt. All the fears that circumstance could provide and the heart fell, attacked her on every side.
This happens after Tea Cake leaves for work after the first night they spend together.
Hurston uses 3rd person limited narration to remind the reader that most of the book is Janie telling the story. So she is the only person that you can see the thoughts of. Hurston also did this to show the changes that Janie is going through more dramatically, from her point of view.
Motif of hair:
"It's mine too. Ah ain't been sleepin' so good for more'n a week cause Ah been wishin' so bad tuh git mah hands in yo' hair. It's so pretty. It feels jus' lak underneath uh dove's wing next to mah face.
This happens when Tea Cake is at Janie's house late at night talking.
Hurston uses this motif to show Janie's relationships from her point of view. Janie's hair is very beautiful and the men in this book all like it. Hurston shoes the different characteristics of Janie's husbands by showing the reader hoe they treat Janie's hair. It is a way of contrasting the different personalities.
"It makes uh whole heap uh difference wid most folks, Tea Cake."
"Things lak dat got tuh do wid conveniences, but in ain't got nothin' tuh do wid love." (160)
This happens when Tea Cake and Janie are talking outside of the store when they first meet. Hurston doesn't use dialogue tags when her characters talk but instead she uses their names a lot in their dialogue to show who is talking. She does this to make the story sound smoother.
3rd person limited narration:
In the cool of the afternoon the fiend from hell specially sent to lovers arrived at Janie's ear. Doubt. All the fears that circumstance could provide and the heart fell, attacked her on every side.
This happens after Tea Cake leaves for work after the first night they spend together.
Hurston uses 3rd person limited narration to remind the reader that most of the book is Janie telling the story. So she is the only person that you can see the thoughts of. Hurston also did this to show the changes that Janie is going through more dramatically, from her point of view.
Motif of hair:
"It's mine too. Ah ain't been sleepin' so good for more'n a week cause Ah been wishin' so bad tuh git mah hands in yo' hair. It's so pretty. It feels jus' lak underneath uh dove's wing next to mah face.
This happens when Tea Cake is at Janie's house late at night talking.
Hurston uses this motif to show Janie's relationships from her point of view. Janie's hair is very beautiful and the men in this book all like it. Hurston shoes the different characteristics of Janie's husbands by showing the reader hoe they treat Janie's hair. It is a way of contrasting the different personalities.
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