Journal Entry #8

1. " Me scramble 'round tuh git de money tuh take yuh - been workin' lak uh dawg for two whole weeks-..." (Hurston 109). Janie has just asked Tea Cake if he really wanted to take her to the picnic and this is what he responded. The literary technique used here is foreshadowing. Hurston is foreshadowing the death of Tea Cake by a mad dog trying to save Janie. It affects the text by showing that Tea Cake is willing to work hard for Janie and that will lead to his downfall.
2. " "Less us go fishin'." (Tea Cake) "Fishin'? Dis time uh night?" (Janie) " Unhhunh, fishin'." (Tea Cake)" (Hurston 102). Janie and Tea Cake are staying up very late past 11 on a pretty moon lit night. The literary technique used here is motif. Hurston uses this motif to symbolize power. It affects the text by evolving over the time. When Janie first went to Eatonville she couldn't be won with no fish sandwich and now Tea Cake is willing to show her how to fish which gives her more power. It affects the plot because Janie felt pleasure in going fishin' during the night because she felt it was "breaking the rules" which is not done lightly.
3. "" He ain't never ast de first penny from me yet, and if he love property he ain't no different from all de rest of us. All dese ole men dat's setting' round me is after de same thing. They's three mo' widder women in town, how come dey don't break dey neck after dem? 'Cause dey ain't got nothin' dat's why."" (Hurston 112). Pheoby is trying to convince Janie that goin' with Tea Cake is a bad choice and this is Janie's response to her. The literary technique used in this passage is rhetorical questions or syntax. This affects the text because Janie is trying to get everyone to agree with her that the other widows in town aren't sought after because they don't have no money. This gets the reader to side with Janie by using this rhetorical question.