Purpose Statement: This passage shows Janie's fear of becoming old without having found her idealized love. Hurston uses the repetition of Janie pleading to God, and the personification of bright things representing Tea Cake to show Janie's desperation to find that idealized love.
Topic1: In the first paragraph Hurston compares Annie Tyler and Janie to show Janie's regret for waiting for her perfect "fantasy" love.
Topic2: Hurston shows Janie being desperate by pleading to God about the safety and well-being of Tea Cake.
Topic3: Hurston uses personification of the sun as Tea Cake, and the darkness that ensues is Janie without Tea Cake.
Comments:
I really liked your use of a dictionary definition to back up your reasoning. I agree that Hurston used a lot of imagery to help show Janie's mood during the passage. I also liked how you noticed Hurston using "spies" to make the figurative language darker. You had a lot of great ideas.
I liked how you noticed the part were Janie gives credit to the townspeople, I never noticed that. You had a really good overall analysis of the passage. I never noticed how the rocking chair could be linked to her spinning thoughts. I really like how you came up with that.
I never noticed Hurston's doubling of paragraphs, after reading that, the passage makes more sense now. I really liked how you said "time seems to go by very slowly" when you're waiting for something, because that is very true.
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