Their Eyes Were Watching God- Journal #5

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston uses word choice and placement to manipulate the effect of the story. "When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered and hummed. So they beat him down to nothing but sparks but each little spark had a shine and a song. So they covered each one over with mud. And the lonesomeness in the sparks make them hunt for one another, but the mud is deaf and dumb. Like all the other tumbling mud-balls, Janie had tried to show her shine."(Hurston 90). In this passage, Hurston uses syntax and word choice to push through her point. The simple words flow together seamlessly in a rather complex pattern, which causes an air of hidden meanings and messages. It makes the reader question what is hidden beneath, what Janie is really feeling and thinking of. The use of adjectives at the end of the sentences cause this passage to be extremely descriptive and create a scene. The specific adjectives that she uses create a tone of quiet despair and hopelessness.