TEWWG Journal #3

1.) "De Sun-maker brings it up in de mornin', a nd de Sun-maker sends it tuh bed at night." (pg 60) Biblical Reference

2.) "You keep seeing your sister in the 'gator and the 'gator in your sister" (pg 64) and "They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down." (pg 67) Parallel Structure

3.) "Speakin of winds, he's de wind and we'se de grass. We bend which ever way he blows." (pg 66) Metaphor

4.) "If you'se smart lak you let on you is, you kin find out." and "Yuh skeered to lemme know whut it is, 'cause yuh know Ah'll tear it tuh pieces." (pg 85) Dialect

5.) "When the mule was in front of the store, Lum went out and tackled him. The brute..." (pg 75) Allusion

Analysis
2.) Parallel structure is important because it helps to connect two separate passages or parts of a novel that would otherwise not have any relation to each other. It helps with figuring out meanings of certain passages and  getting a better grasp of the story. Zora Neale Hurston uses parallel structure in these two sentences to give the reader a better image of the mayor. She does this by using parallel structure early in the passage within a sentence about someone's sister. Saying that you see your sister in the gator , and you see the gator in your sister. Later, she uses parallel structure again in another sentence, by saying the town bows down because the mayor has power, and the mayor has power because the town bows down. This two sentences can connect because they have a similar structure, and this can paint a picture in the readers mind that the mayor is in fact a gator, in the metaphorical sense. This meaning that the mayor has the town in his power, but he only has the power because the town fears him, like a woman could fear an alligator.

5.) An allusion is typically used to reference a different piece of literature or a passage earlier in the book to make a connection. Zora Neale Hurston uses the sentence on page 75 to allude to the first page of chapter one. On the first page of chapter one, the narrator says that when the sun goes down "Mules and other brutes" have occupied the skins of the towns people. This allusion Hurston decides to make connects the story together and helps paint a better image in ones mind. The mule, being a hybrid animal, symbolizes that by day, the townspeople are workers and friendly, but by night, they switch personalities like they were two different people in one. The brute represents how cruel everyone in the town is behind other people's backs. This allusion backs up the saying that you can tell everything you need to know about a novel from the first page.