Literary term 5

page:27
Term:personification
Quote:But springtime reached her in there so she moved everything to a place in the yard where she could see the road.
why: this type of personification is used to display springtimes effect on Janie, and how it made her move outside to enjoy the sun. the good wheather and spirit of spring could also represent as incomeing change, which is something about to happen to her when she meets joe. it helps for the transition into meeting him also. this can also be called a type of forshadowing.

Literary term 4

page: 32
Term: Simile
quote: The morning road air was like a new dress.
why: This symbolizes Janie's new start, and allows the reader a better perspective on how this new start might feel like. it could also help give perspective into the characters femininity, as well as time period. Using this device is very useful at the time to convey emotion, and it also keeps paragraph flow.

literary term 3

page: 32
term: dynamic characterization
quote: What was she losing so much time for? A feeling of sudden newness and change came over her. Janie hurried out of the front gate and turned south. Even if Joe was not there waiting for her, the change was bound to do her good.
why: the author uses this to progress the story, and to display Janie's character in many more dimensions. Janie was not going to sit back and take this verbal abuse much longer, so she ran away to seek new love and a new life. This definitively adds depth to her character at this time in the book, and helps the story pick up with new excitement and fresh start, keeping the reader reading.

Literary term 2

page: 31
term: imagery
quote: The sun from ambush was threatening the world with red daggers, but the shadows were gray and solid-looking around the barn.
why: this not only paints a picture for the audience of the sun rising and how vivid and impacting it is to Janie, but it also helps audience identify Janie's mood in describing the scene. The words "dagger" and "shadow" are used to convey Janie's emotional state after recently being yelled at by her husband. The technique is used to help the audience identify with Janie's emotions as well as display the setting.

Literary term 1

pg: 29
term: metaphor
quote: "you behind a plow! you ain't got no mo' business wid uh plow than uh hog is got wid uh holiday!"
why: the author uses this literary technique to display how ridiculous it is for Janie to be plowing. A hog celebrating a holiday is a ridiculous idea that dose not occur in nature, which suggests how it is against nature for Janie to be plowing.

jornal entry #2

The setting, which is communicated by the Harlem dialect and Nanny's story, affects the atmosphere of the work by introducing the tensions that existed in an era in which the civil war recently took place. In the periods after the civil war there existed many degrees of tension between whites and blacks which led to segregation. The time frame set up in the book is also a time when white women were practically looked at as inferior. Combining both these tension makes life particularly harsh for an African-American woman( Janie). These two factors are also elevated due to the fact that the book is set in the south. Characterization is changed in the setting in the same way that atmosphere is changed. African-American women could not have much opportunity for education, and there also limited from the prejudice of whites. This limits characterization. Motivation is also affected. An African-American woman in the books setting had very little to hope for and little job opportunities. The only remaining motivation would be finding a good husband and defining yourself by that husband, since women were denied this identity during the this time period.

Jornal entry #1

The narration in the book seems to have a more educated, poetic, articulate and formal, while the dialect that is used communicates an unintellectual, inarticulate, loose and informal voice. Use of these two styles create a contrast that gives depth to the book, and allows the reader to see form all perspectives of the situation, as well as read different emotions in styles of speaking. The narration tends to state emotion in a situation, while the dialect actually helps the reader feel emotions in its informality. Take for example one of the first situations where the dialect is used. In its first use it indicates humor, friendship and love even going into the 3rd chapter. The use of intelligent words and complex sentence structure allows the reader to read emotion, instead of experience it. The dialect also communicates a setting and a culture all on its own that can not be achieved by just narration.