"Long before the year was up, Janie noticed that her husband had stopped talking in rhymes to her."
This doesn't literally mean that he stopped speaking in rhymes, but expresses that he used to speak kindly and lovingly, and that somewhere in their marriage that love had disappeared. Zora Neale Hurston wants us to understand the reasoning as to why Janie ran off with another man. It was to pursue a happier life where she would be appreciated.
2. pg 29 - Metaphor
"You ain't got no mo' business wid uh plow than uh hog is got wid uh holiday!"
Joe uses this metaphor to say that Janie deserves a better life, where she wouldn't have to endure physical labor like out here. It gives him an aura of kindness and charm that explains why Janie decided to leave her husband and run off with another man. Joe, unlike Logan, believes a lady shouldn't have to slave out in the field.
3. pg 31 - Personification
This doesn't literally mean that he stopped speaking in rhymes, but expresses that he used to speak kindly and lovingly, and that somewhere in their marriage that love had disappeared. Zora Neale Hurston wants us to understand the reasoning as to why Janie ran off with another man. It was to pursue a happier life where she would be appreciated.
2. pg 29 - Metaphor
"You ain't got no mo' business wid uh plow than uh hog is got wid uh holiday!"
Joe uses this metaphor to say that Janie deserves a better life, where she wouldn't have to endure physical labor like out here. It gives him an aura of kindness and charm that explains why Janie decided to leave her husband and run off with another man. Joe, unlike Logan, believes a lady shouldn't have to slave out in the field.
3. pg 31 - Personification
"The sun from ambush was threatening the world with red daggers, but the shadows were gray and solid-looking around the barn."
This sharp contrast between the vibrant red and the dull gray makes the imagery of the sunrise more vivid and helps set the setting of the events that are about to take place. The shadows remind us of how early it is still, and the sun foreshadows a hot day of work ahead. These subtle effects create a mood in the story that the reader unknowingly takes into account.
4. pg 32 - Epiphany
"A feeling of sudden newness and change came over her"
Janie realizes in this instant that she doesn't have to listen to Logan, or follow the orders that he gives her. And also in this moment of self-realized independence, she sees that she isn't reliant on him to meet her needs. This is the main reason she is compelled to leave and go find Joe Starks.
5. pg 33 - Motif
"saw the sun plunge into the same crack from which the night emerged."
This reminder of the sun reminds the reader of how sudden all these changes occur. At the beginning of this same day Janie was married to a different husband and had a completely different life. And now by the end we see she has a new husband which she is very hopeful and happy with currently, but it may change.
This sharp contrast between the vibrant red and the dull gray makes the imagery of the sunrise more vivid and helps set the setting of the events that are about to take place. The shadows remind us of how early it is still, and the sun foreshadows a hot day of work ahead. These subtle effects create a mood in the story that the reader unknowingly takes into account.
4. pg 32 - Epiphany
"A feeling of sudden newness and change came over her"
Janie realizes in this instant that she doesn't have to listen to Logan, or follow the orders that he gives her. And also in this moment of self-realized independence, she sees that she isn't reliant on him to meet her needs. This is the main reason she is compelled to leave and go find Joe Starks.
5. pg 33 - Motif
"saw the sun plunge into the same crack from which the night emerged."
This reminder of the sun reminds the reader of how sudden all these changes occur. At the beginning of this same day Janie was married to a different husband and had a completely different life. And now by the end we see she has a new husband which she is very hopeful and happy with currently, but it may change.
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