What i will do better at this time around tabbing, will be to tab motifs and symbols with different colors. I now can distinctly tell the difference between the two so they should be in separate categories. I will also be tabbing themes more prominently and explain in my notebook why i believe it is a theme. I shall analyze quotes more in depth than i first did with TEWWG.
Colors of tabs:
Motifs - Pink
Symbols - Blue
Themes - Green
Change in dialect - Yellow
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Journal #10
Theme:
Judgement is the element that creates rumors. Rumors whether true or unreliable will spread into more judgement.
Quotes:
"Daisy is walking a drum tune. You can almost hear it by looking at the way she walks. She is black and she knows that white clothes look good on her, so she wears them for dress up. She's got those big black eyes with plenty white in them that makes them shine like brand new money and she knows what God gave women eyelashes for, too. Her hair is not what you might call straight. It's negro hair, but it's got a king of white flavor. Like the piece of string out of a ham. It's not ham at all, but it;s been around ham and got the flavor. It was spread down thick and heavy over her shoulders and looked just right under a big white hat."
Page 67-68
"Mis' Janie", Hezekiah began sullenly next day, "you oughtn't 'low dat Tea Cake tuh be walkin' tuh de house wid yuh. Ah'll go wid yuh mahself after dis, if you'se skeered."
"What's de matter wid Tea Cake, 'Kiah? Is he uh thief uh somethin'?"
"Ah ain't never heard nobody say he stole nothin'."
"Is he bad 'bout totin' pistols and knives tuh hurt people wid'?"
"Dey don't say he ever cut nobody or shot nobody neither."
"Well, is he-he0is he got uh wife or something lak dat? Not dat its any uh mah business." She held her breath for the answer.
page 102
"Joe returned to the store full of pleasure and good humor but he didn't want Janie to notice it because he saw that she was sullen and he resented that. She had no right to be, the way he though things out. She wasn't even appreciative of his efforts and she had plenty cause to be. Here he was husj pouring honor all over her; building a high chair for her to sit in and overlook the world and she here pouting over it!"
page 62
"Take for instance that new house of his. It had two stories with porches, with bannister's and such things. The rest of the town looked like servants' quarters surrounding the "big house." And different from everybody else in the town he put off moving in until it had been painted, in and out. And look at the way he painted it - a gloaty, sparkly white."
page 47
"The wife of the mayor was not just another woman as she had supposed."
page 46
"The town had a basketful of feelings good and bad about Joe's positions and possessions, but none had the temerity to challenge him. The bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because thw town bowed down."
Page 50
Judgement is the element that creates rumors. Rumors whether true or unreliable will spread into more judgement.
Quotes:
"Daisy is walking a drum tune. You can almost hear it by looking at the way she walks. She is black and she knows that white clothes look good on her, so she wears them for dress up. She's got those big black eyes with plenty white in them that makes them shine like brand new money and she knows what God gave women eyelashes for, too. Her hair is not what you might call straight. It's negro hair, but it's got a king of white flavor. Like the piece of string out of a ham. It's not ham at all, but it;s been around ham and got the flavor. It was spread down thick and heavy over her shoulders and looked just right under a big white hat."
Page 67-68
"Mis' Janie", Hezekiah began sullenly next day, "you oughtn't 'low dat Tea Cake tuh be walkin' tuh de house wid yuh. Ah'll go wid yuh mahself after dis, if you'se skeered."
"What's de matter wid Tea Cake, 'Kiah? Is he uh thief uh somethin'?"
"Ah ain't never heard nobody say he stole nothin'."
"Is he bad 'bout totin' pistols and knives tuh hurt people wid'?"
"Dey don't say he ever cut nobody or shot nobody neither."
"Well, is he-he0is he got uh wife or something lak dat? Not dat its any uh mah business." She held her breath for the answer.
page 102
"Joe returned to the store full of pleasure and good humor but he didn't want Janie to notice it because he saw that she was sullen and he resented that. She had no right to be, the way he though things out. She wasn't even appreciative of his efforts and she had plenty cause to be. Here he was husj pouring honor all over her; building a high chair for her to sit in and overlook the world and she here pouting over it!"
page 62
"Take for instance that new house of his. It had two stories with porches, with bannister's and such things. The rest of the town looked like servants' quarters surrounding the "big house." And different from everybody else in the town he put off moving in until it had been painted, in and out. And look at the way he painted it - a gloaty, sparkly white."
page 47
"The wife of the mayor was not just another woman as she had supposed."
page 46
"The town had a basketful of feelings good and bad about Joe's positions and possessions, but none had the temerity to challenge him. The bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because thw town bowed down."
Page 50
Journal #8
1.) Jim: "Twentyy yeahs!"
Dave: "See? Ah told yuh dat nigger don't love yuh. Me, ah'll beg de judge tuh hang me, and wouldn't take nothin' less than life.
pg-68
In This quote Hurston changes her Dialect style. Usually Hurston uses names in reference to when someone is talking to or about someone else. Yet in this quote Hurston Clearly Hurston shows who is talking and wants to emphasize the speaker.
2.) "Ah know it and dat's what puts de shamery on me. You'se jus' disgusted wid me. Yo' jus' left here and went off somewhere else. Naw, you ain't mad wid me. Ah be glad if you was, 'cause then Ah might do somethin' tuh please yuh. But lak it is-"
pg-104
In this passage Hurston is trying to emphasize something because in all the other dialects the word here is spelled different. Yet here Janie is talking and the words here is spelled here. So the place where they are must be emphasized.
pg-94
3.) One day Hezekiah asked off from work to go off with the ball team. Janie told him not to hurry back. She could close up the store herself this once. He cautioned her about the catches on the windows and doors and swaggered off to Winter Park.
In this Passage Hurston really changes her style of her relationships with men and women. When she uses the word "asked" it shows that Hezekiah might be afriad of Janie, so to say that she would be the one in the higher position. This could conclude that Hurston thinks that women may be in a higher position than man in certain relationships.
Dave: "See? Ah told yuh dat nigger don't love yuh. Me, ah'll beg de judge tuh hang me, and wouldn't take nothin' less than life.
pg-68
In This quote Hurston changes her Dialect style. Usually Hurston uses names in reference to when someone is talking to or about someone else. Yet in this quote Hurston Clearly Hurston shows who is talking and wants to emphasize the speaker.
2.) "Ah know it and dat's what puts de shamery on me. You'se jus' disgusted wid me. Yo' jus' left here and went off somewhere else. Naw, you ain't mad wid me. Ah be glad if you was, 'cause then Ah might do somethin' tuh please yuh. But lak it is-"
pg-104
In this passage Hurston is trying to emphasize something because in all the other dialects the word here is spelled different. Yet here Janie is talking and the words here is spelled here. So the place where they are must be emphasized.
pg-94
3.) One day Hezekiah asked off from work to go off with the ball team. Janie told him not to hurry back. She could close up the store herself this once. He cautioned her about the catches on the windows and doors and swaggered off to Winter Park.
In this Passage Hurston really changes her style of her relationships with men and women. When she uses the word "asked" it shows that Hezekiah might be afriad of Janie, so to say that she would be the one in the higher position. This could conclude that Hurston thinks that women may be in a higher position than man in certain relationships.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Journal #9
Kelly walked to the door, slid it open and stepped out slowly yet rapidly. She grazed over the yard entire and watched as the man was lifting the rocks with his wrist and tossing the rock in the water. Everything was not right. The tree overhead cast the man's tall and lanky shadow on the shore. Kelly felt a heart in need to talk to Danny about the mistake she had mad yet her head felt a slight tension between the heart. Before Kelly knew it Danny had come up behind her. She felt horrible for judgin him, but she didn't know what else to believe. "Yah can't tell me yah think i really set dat church on fire could yah?" pleaded Danny. "why din't yah just ask meh? Ah could have told yah dah truth but yah din't give meh time tah give dah answer." Kelly though to feel shamed. She felt that she didn't know who she was anymore no more than she knew who Danny as a person was. And this made her feel grave aggravation.
The three stylistic elements i used were diction. I used phrases highlighted in green to show diction. I used diction to help give the reader a vivid scene in their head. I used the blue highlighted phrases to show the oxymoron like Hurston uses to emphasise or give a greater picture of what is going on in the passage. And the Last element i used is highlighted in pink is when Hurston switched words around in a phrase to give emphasize to the meaning of the words. In this passage i used the switch to emphasize that Kelly was using her heart instead of her head. The theme i used in this passage was judgement. In order to know who one is you have to be able to accept others as who they are internally and externally.
The three stylistic elements i used were diction. I used phrases highlighted in green to show diction. I used diction to help give the reader a vivid scene in their head. I used the blue highlighted phrases to show the oxymoron like Hurston uses to emphasise or give a greater picture of what is going on in the passage. And the Last element i used is highlighted in pink is when Hurston switched words around in a phrase to give emphasize to the meaning of the words. In this passage i used the switch to emphasize that Kelly was using her heart instead of her head. The theme i used in this passage was judgement. In order to know who one is you have to be able to accept others as who they are internally and externally.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Journal #7
That one day that Joe found her. The body of a flower and the wings of a butterfly, Love. What great ways she had with all the folks in town. She kept peoples wants high with the desires of hope. Joe paced the baseball field entire. Hoping to find the sense of walking in lines of straightness. What would be the destiny of Joe in the few moments of time? Her Wings of a mountainous beauty sore through the skies of hope. Joe Strode to the fence where he found Nancy. Her long flowing hair lay down across her shoulder, the color of a daisy meadow mixed with honey. Could this be what she wanted for Joe? He paced in front of her and hoped for her mouth to project a phrase that he would not have to say first. Nancy pulled at Joe's hand, to lend a graceful look. She looked sympathetic, and yet anxious. Joe, outbursted "I love you Nancy" and Nancy let go of Joe's hand. The face of her's full of rose. She turned around, off the tree plucked a flower and looked back at the young boy's face. "I love you too Joe." she exclaimed. She was looking over the shoulder of Joe after all. The petal of the flower slip off and slowly dived to the ground. Letting Joe know her wings were always there. A guardian angel with the eyes of a hawk.
I used the same sentence structure as Hurston, and i tried to keep the passage that i wrote with vague words such as she and her. I wanted the reader to feel anxious for Joe yet have a real graceful look at Nancy. I tried to create as much emotion in it as i could and let the butterfly evolve into a guardian angel.
I used the same sentence structure as Hurston, and i tried to keep the passage that i wrote with vague words such as she and her. I wanted the reader to feel anxious for Joe yet have a real graceful look at Nancy. I tried to create as much emotion in it as i could and let the butterfly evolve into a guardian angel.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Journal #6
Death, that strange being with the huge square toes who lived way in the West. The great one who lived in the straight house like a platform without sides to it, and without a roof. What need has Death for a cover, and what winds can blow against him? He stands in his high house that overlooks the world. Stands watchful and motionless all day with his sword drawn back, waiting for the messenger to bid him come. Been standing there before there was a where or a when or a then. She was liable to find a feather from his wings lying in her yard any day now. She was sad and afraid too. Poor Jody! He ought not to have to wrassle in there by himself. She sent Sam in to suggest a visit, but Jody said No. These medical doctors wuz all right with the Godly sick, but they didn't know a thing about a case like his. He'd be all right just as soon as the two-headed man found what had been buried against him. He wasn't going to die at all. That was what he thought. But Sam told her different, so she knew. And then if he hadn't, the next morning she was bound to know, for people began to gather in the big yard under the palm and china-berry trees. People who would not have dared to foot the place before crept in and did not come to the house. Just squatted under the trees and waited. Rumor, the wingless bird, had shadowed over the town. (84)Decision:
-Zora hurston is constintly using the trees to symbolize something. I think she could be trying to show that the tree's can symbolize something dying off. Like seasons go the leaves get brighter, turn yellow/orange and than slowly die off. Just like a persons life and Hurston could be trying to say that since she replaced her husband so fast after he died its like the leaves, dying off and coming back around.
Decision:
-Hurston Personifies death as a character, as a being. Not just a natural cause that happens to everyone. Hurston shows that Janie can see death, as a "Wingless bird" it is helpless, no one can save it because it's wings cannot grow back.
Decision:
-Hurston also tells that death has been here since there was no when, where, or then. This is telling that death has been around forever and death cannot be killed itself.
Decision:
- Hurston calls death a him or he. This could be calling death god, as a higher power. hence the "Been standing there before there was a where or a when or a then."
Decision:
- Hurston uses a motif as death "standing". This could symbolize that death has a character and can move around standing and watching everyone til their moment of death comes, then death is not motionless.
Journal #5
Thesis statement:
Zora Hurston uses the motif of dialect change in The Eyes Were Watching God to symbolize the independence of each character in the book.
Zora Hurston uses the motif of dialect change in The Eyes Were Watching God to symbolize the independence of each character in the book.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Journal #4
Patterns:
Pattern 1:
I have noticed the sun is repeated in this novel and i think the sun could represent a higher power.
"Janie are heartily and said nothing. The varicolored cloud dust that the sun had stirred up in the sky was settling by slow degrees." -5
Pattern 2:
The other object that has seemed to become a pattern in the book is the trees.
"Two men who were sitting on their shoulderblades under a huge live oak tree almost sat upright at the tone of his voice. they stared at Joe's face, his clothes and his wife."- 35
This passage could symbolize the tree as a symbol of protection.
Pattern 3:
The pattern of a girl and her blossomy leaves is repeated again.
"She had no more blossomy openings dusting pollen over her man, neither any glistening young fruit where the petals used to be."
I believe that this paragraph is describing how the wife is too old to please her husband and he is to become unsatisfied.
Pattern 1:
I have noticed the sun is repeated in this novel and i think the sun could represent a higher power.
"Janie are heartily and said nothing. The varicolored cloud dust that the sun had stirred up in the sky was settling by slow degrees." -5
Pattern 2:
The other object that has seemed to become a pattern in the book is the trees.
"Two men who were sitting on their shoulderblades under a huge live oak tree almost sat upright at the tone of his voice. they stared at Joe's face, his clothes and his wife."- 35
This passage could symbolize the tree as a symbol of protection.
Pattern 3:
The pattern of a girl and her blossomy leaves is repeated again.
"She had no more blossomy openings dusting pollen over her man, neither any glistening young fruit where the petals used to be."
I believe that this paragraph is describing how the wife is too old to please her husband and he is to become unsatisfied.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Journal #3
Part 1:
The person i chose from the Harlem Renaissance was Louis Armstrong or also known as Satchmo or Pops. Armstrong played the trumpet and tended to play it very well. He was known as an influence for the genre of jazz. Not only was he great at playing the trumpet but he was known for his gravely voice and he was a scat singer. He was a grand influence on popular music as well as jazz and was one of the first African American singers and entertainer to become popular.
Part 2:
The character i chose to create is named Doodli Gidget Wizz. He has come down from the planet Zarcranium. He has come to the planet "Earth" to make a pit stop to the restroom, but only to find a very annoying musician who is not of any help.
Phrases:
1. To say someone is dumb - You are a diamond in the sky
2. Where are you going - Are you in the nut house?
3. To be great - Extrasuperdifity
Grammar:
1. Doodli always talks in third person.
2. Talks in present tense
3. Sentences may contain the word grand more than three times.
Pronunciations:
1. This - Tis
2. Absolute - Obsolete
3. Everyone - you
Part 3:
Armstrong found himself strolling down the yellow brick road and ran into the stop sign. Except the stop sign did not contain the words stop, it said " You may want to halt if you do not want to get run over by a grand car." Armstrong stopped in confusion and starred for a moment, then he felt a slight tap on his calf. "Hullo!" said the little blue figure standing two feet high. " I am Doodli Gidget Wiz and i am so grand to have met your acquaintance." The blue figure shoved out his hand as if he were threatening Armstrong to give a truce. Armstrong held his hand limply out, still dazed at the blue critter that was no higher then Armstrong's knee cap. " So you Doodili Doo Bop, how may ah help ya'll?" Armstrong exclaimed. " Doodli is abstracting tis brain cell to digest your grand purpose on tis grand place you call "Earth." Armstrong looked even more confused than last time. So he pulled out his trumpet and played a tune. The blue creature covered his ears, or so that's what they looked like at the moment, and he shouted "turn down that grand loud music, it sounds grandly horrifying and it is making Doodli's efernus's obsoletely bleed!" Armstrong placed his trumpet at his side. "Well ya blue thang i find you a bit mighty annoyin with all yous big words comin outta that tiny mouth." Doodli looked up with a glare on his face. He stomped his foot and grew to the exact height that Armstrong was. "Where is your head? You are a grand diamond in the sky if you think to call Doodli grandly annoying! Doodli shall put you in the grand place of putting!" At this moment the sky graduated to a shade of grey and the rain started to sprinkle its way down like leaves floating from the tops of the trees'. "Woah there tiny blue thang i did 'n mean to upset ya. i was just showin ya mah music and ya'll called it racket. My trumpet ain't no thing for playin tennis." The blue creature flamed into the color red and shouted " you grand mule! To think that Doodlie shall call your piece of metal an object to hit a round object with is a grand joker!" Armstrong was too confused to understand the complexity that Doodli was calling him stupid, so he turned around and started to walk the other way down the purple brick road. Doodli called, "Are you in the grand nut house? Tis Grand that you walk away from Doodli! Doodli shall send his brothers down from Zarcranium and turn Armstrong into a walruis. Wait Doodli did not mean to grandly yell at Armstrong! Please come back Doodli needs to know where you have arranged the place known as a bathroom! Doodli needs to empty his tank!" Armstrong was too long gone to hear Doodli and he walked away playing his jazzy tunes down the purple brick road.
The person i chose from the Harlem Renaissance was Louis Armstrong or also known as Satchmo or Pops. Armstrong played the trumpet and tended to play it very well. He was known as an influence for the genre of jazz. Not only was he great at playing the trumpet but he was known for his gravely voice and he was a scat singer. He was a grand influence on popular music as well as jazz and was one of the first African American singers and entertainer to become popular.
Part 2:
The character i chose to create is named Doodli Gidget Wizz. He has come down from the planet Zarcranium. He has come to the planet "Earth" to make a pit stop to the restroom, but only to find a very annoying musician who is not of any help.
Phrases:
1. To say someone is dumb - You are a diamond in the sky
2. Where are you going - Are you in the nut house?
3. To be great - Extrasuperdifity
Grammar:
1. Doodli always talks in third person.
2. Talks in present tense
3. Sentences may contain the word grand more than three times.
Pronunciations:
1. This - Tis
2. Absolute - Obsolete
3. Everyone - you
Part 3:
Armstrong found himself strolling down the yellow brick road and ran into the stop sign. Except the stop sign did not contain the words stop, it said " You may want to halt if you do not want to get run over by a grand car." Armstrong stopped in confusion and starred for a moment, then he felt a slight tap on his calf. "Hullo!" said the little blue figure standing two feet high. " I am Doodli Gidget Wiz and i am so grand to have met your acquaintance." The blue figure shoved out his hand as if he were threatening Armstrong to give a truce. Armstrong held his hand limply out, still dazed at the blue critter that was no higher then Armstrong's knee cap. " So you Doodili Doo Bop, how may ah help ya'll?" Armstrong exclaimed. " Doodli is abstracting tis brain cell to digest your grand purpose on tis grand place you call "Earth." Armstrong looked even more confused than last time. So he pulled out his trumpet and played a tune. The blue creature covered his ears, or so that's what they looked like at the moment, and he shouted "turn down that grand loud music, it sounds grandly horrifying and it is making Doodli's efernus's obsoletely bleed!" Armstrong placed his trumpet at his side. "Well ya blue thang i find you a bit mighty annoyin with all yous big words comin outta that tiny mouth." Doodli looked up with a glare on his face. He stomped his foot and grew to the exact height that Armstrong was. "Where is your head? You are a grand diamond in the sky if you think to call Doodli grandly annoying! Doodli shall put you in the grand place of putting!" At this moment the sky graduated to a shade of grey and the rain started to sprinkle its way down like leaves floating from the tops of the trees'. "Woah there tiny blue thang i did 'n mean to upset ya. i was just showin ya mah music and ya'll called it racket. My trumpet ain't no thing for playin tennis." The blue creature flamed into the color red and shouted " you grand mule! To think that Doodlie shall call your piece of metal an object to hit a round object with is a grand joker!" Armstrong was too confused to understand the complexity that Doodli was calling him stupid, so he turned around and started to walk the other way down the purple brick road. Doodli called, "Are you in the grand nut house? Tis Grand that you walk away from Doodli! Doodli shall send his brothers down from Zarcranium and turn Armstrong into a walruis. Wait Doodli did not mean to grandly yell at Armstrong! Please come back Doodli needs to know where you have arranged the place known as a bathroom! Doodli needs to empty his tank!" Armstrong was too long gone to hear Doodli and he walked away playing his jazzy tunes down the purple brick road.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Journal #2
"After a while she got up from where she was and went over the little garden field entire. She was seeking confirmation of the voice and vision, and everywhere she found and acknowledged answers. A personal answer for all other creations except herself. She felt an answer seeking her, but where? When? How? She found herself at the kitchen door and stumbled inside. In the air of the room were flies tumbling and singing, marrying and giving in marriage. When she reached the narrow hallway she was reminded that her grandmother was home with a sick headache. She was lying across the bed asleep so Janie tipped on out of the front door. Oh to be a pear tree--any tree in bloom! she was sixteen. She had glossy leaves and bursting buds and she wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her. Where were the singing bees for her. Nothing on the place nor in her grandma's house answered her. She searched as much of the world as she could from the top of the front steps and then went on down to the front gate and leaned over to gaze up and down the road. Looking, waiting, breathing short with impatience. Waiting for the world to be made.". - page 11
1. uses a tree to symbolize Janie in a blooming state of age.
2. repeats the grandmothers house
3. why does Janie wasnt to struggle with life?
4. symbolizing bee's with birds because bee's do not sing
5. road is a symbol of the road in Janie's life.
6. why does she not just say entire garden? instead of saying garden field entire.
7. Zora is vague with "the voice".
8. Grandmothers house is a symbol of a resting place. As Janie can find her answer.
9. Marriage is a symbol of unwantedness.
10. personifies the grandmother as a higher power to show ownership in this passage.
11. why not say sick with a headache? than say sick headahce?
12.the glossy leaves personify her skin tone
13. vague as to what was Janie's question?
1. uses a tree to symbolize Janie in a blooming state of age.
2. repeats the grandmothers house
3. why does Janie wasnt to struggle with life?
4. symbolizing bee's with birds because bee's do not sing
5. road is a symbol of the road in Janie's life.
6. why does she not just say entire garden? instead of saying garden field entire.
7. Zora is vague with "the voice".
8. Grandmothers house is a symbol of a resting place. As Janie can find her answer.
9. Marriage is a symbol of unwantedness.
10. personifies the grandmother as a higher power to show ownership in this passage.
11. why not say sick with a headache? than say sick headahce?
12.the glossy leaves personify her skin tone
13. vague as to what was Janie's question?
Journal #1
When i would tell someone my story, it would have to be someone who i would need to have the most trust in. It would have to be told to someone who i knew could be able to keep it to themselves. I have no ordinary life. My parents got divorced when i was twelve yet they never really got along in the first place. I live with my mom full time and tend to see me dad on certain occasions. I have a job at McDonalds, and the majority of the customers are regulars sad to say. People tend to make or poke fun at my job, yet i just remind them that i have a job and i am paying my way through life. I have one sibling who is nine years younger than I am, and he tends to annoy me at times. All the bumps in the road of my life have all come to make me who i am today though.
I would start off my life story by when I was four than i would work my way up to present day. This was the story would seem clearer and not confuse them with all the misshaps and vague little details crammed in the middle. My life is like a giant chocolate chip cookie. It has lots of different ingredients mixed into it, but their are very sweet moments in my life hence the chocolate chips. And when it is baked and ready to be called a cookie and not a mushy goop of dough, it is the final piece. My life has made me the person i am today and just like the cookie it has many little things thrown into it.
I would start off my life story by when I was four than i would work my way up to present day. This was the story would seem clearer and not confuse them with all the misshaps and vague little details crammed in the middle. My life is like a giant chocolate chip cookie. It has lots of different ingredients mixed into it, but their are very sweet moments in my life hence the chocolate chips. And when it is baked and ready to be called a cookie and not a mushy goop of dough, it is the final piece. My life has made me the person i am today and just like the cookie it has many little things thrown into it.
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