Journal 7

Theme words:

Hands

Houses

Roofs

Bodies

Watching

Seeing

Water

Kill

Sun

Children

Medicine

Going crazy

Singing

Sobbing

Hurston describes children a lot because she wants to portray that all people have an earnest and pure yearning to find love.

Hurston talks about seeing things compared to doing things. This shows that experience is much more valued and coveted by people than just watching someone doing something.

Hurston talks about the sun to show that a person can always change the situation of their life. The earth is reborn by the sun every morning and a person who is unhappy with their life can also become reborn if they find a way to enjoy their life.

Honorable mentions/ideas:

Hurston contrasts the porch sitters as grotesque compared to Janie who has experience.

Life becomes scary when it loses its meaning. People give up and decide to die.

Something interesting I found: Page 177 Janie loves Tea Cake “fit to kill”