"Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now."Pg.32
narrator (Janie Mae Crawford)-
"The sun was gone, but he left his footprints in the sky."-page 1
-this quote shows more personification. It's used here to give descriptive detail.
narrator ( Janie Mae Crawford)-
"ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. " page 1
-Personification is used in this quote to describe abstract things. She Uses it in this instance to express how peoples dreams change with time.
-This quote also is a monologue. The monologue is used here to give the reader an idea of the themes that may repeat in this book.
-This quote shows character traits. this demonstrates her longing to return to her state of mind when she was a child under the pair tree.
Narrator-
"then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid."-pg.11
Janie Mae Crawford-
"aw, pretty good, Ah'm tryin' to soak some uh de tiredness and de dirt outa mah feet."-pg.4
-The dialect in this serves to illistrate janie's tone more clearly. At first the dialect makes the reading slower but you get used to it eventualy.
-this is a turning point in the book because she chases after this feeling for the entire book. Before this she was unaware of this harmony.
narrator-
"Her voice began snagging on the prongs of her feelings."pg.13
-This quote describes janie's Nanny. This is a turning point in the book because it is when janie begins to become more indipendent.
-This quote contains a metaphor. It compares her voice breaking to it getting caught on her feelings.
Janie's grandmother-
"put me down easy, Janie, Ah'm a cracked plate."-pg.20
-This is a metaphor. she is comparing her struggles to cracks on a plate.
narrator-
"A sobbing sigh burst out of janie . The old woman answered her with little soothing pats on the head."-pg.15
-this quote uses more descriptive language. It is used to portray janie's relationship with her grandmother. Janie's grandmother is a strong woman who fights hard to give Janie everything she can, even wisdom.
narrator-
"she knew the world was a stallion rolling in the blue pasture of ether."pg.25
-This is another metaphor. This metaphor is used to show Janie's perspective on the world. Janie's perspective is one of the main focuses of this book.
narrator-
"Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman."pg.25
-This quote foreshadows Janie's future marital failures. She views marriage as a dream.
-It also shows how she went threw different phases of maturity.