Journal #6

"After a long time of passive happiness, she got up and opened the window and let Tea Cake leap forth and mount to the sky on a wind. That was the beginning of things."(107) -Imagery

"In the coolness of the afternoon the fiend form hell specially sent to lovers arrived at Janie's ear. Doubt."(108) -Conflict

Some of dese mornin's and it won't be long, you gointuh wake up callin' me and Ah'll be gone."(115) -Sound device, rhyme/tone.

Through out the book Tea Cake makes refrences to The Bible. "Ah'm de Apostle Paul tuh de Gentiles. Ah tells 'em and then agin Ah shows 'em." Hurston uses allusions to the Bible as a not so subtle hint to what kind of a person Tea Cake is. The Bible is a Holy, sacred and important book. Hurston compares him to Paul because Paul is a familiar well known character. Tea Cake being compared to Paul shows us his importance in the book, just as paul was important to the Bible. Being compared to someone in the Bible, gives him more of an elevated status, a more prominent position in Janies life.

Janie's hair has finally been released from her hair covers and Tea Cake is glad because he loves her hair. "Whut good do combin' mah hair do you? It's mah comfortable, not yourn." Janies hair is a continual motif throughout the entire book. Hurston uses her hair as a motif to signify the importance of self worth. Janie's hair has been a problem for her for most of her life. Her hair is important to her and embodies her life. Just as she was "owned" by men, so was her hair. Her hair is symbolic to her struggle to be her own person, to be free. When she lets her hair down, she breaks the bonds that kept her inslaved. Janies hair represents the person that had been trapped and now is free.