chapter 4 - 5 literary terms

Page 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 passage sets the setting of the scene, it illustrates that it was beginning to get hot outside but that the barn was still in the shade and that's where she was going. Almost a metaphor for her current situation, the sun being Logan and the shade around the barn being Joe.


Page 31 - Simile/Imagery
"Logan with his shovel looked like a black bear doing some clumsy dance on his hind legs"

This passage gives the reader a visual of what Logan looked like doing the work. The comparison has a humorous element to it which lightens the mood a little bit and makes Logan seem less threatening.

Page 32- Motivation
"Logan was accusing her of her mamma, her grandmama, and her feelings, and she couldn't do a thing about any of it."

This passage effectively illustrates Janie's motivation for leaving Logan for Joe. It shows that Logan does not respect her or her family and it show that she is fed up and is ready for change. This sets up her epiphany that she should run away with Joe.


Page 32 - Epiphany
"A feeling of sudden newness and change came over her"

This passages illustrates a change in Janie. She realizes that she isn't happy with Logan and should take a chance on Joe, someone she could really love. It offers a change in the story and leaves the audience curious to find out what will happen with her and Joe.

Page 33 - Personification and/or Symbol
"They sat on the boarding house porch and saw the sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the night emerged"

This passage wraps up the chapter well, as the sun sets on Janie's old life. In the passage, Logan can represent the sun, as he leaves the moon emerges, the moon represents Joe, this is a way that Zora Neale Hurston shows that Janie's new life has begun.