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."
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"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.
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"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!"
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"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."
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