"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 in bloom-any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world! She was sixteen. She had glossy leaves and bursting buds and she wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her" (Hurston, 11)
- Assonance is used in the last sentence with the words “kissing”, “singing” and beginning”
- Also used with the words “tumbling”, “singing”, “marrying” and “giving”
- “the little garden field entire” is an unusual word order
- Repetition of the word “answer”
- Interesting use of “tipped” as a verb
- Mood is relaxed, very little tension.
- Use of plant/blooming imagery
- Alliteration of “voice” and “vision”
- Interesting choice of “stumbled”
- A third limited point of view is used here and throughout the novel
- Janie views herself as part of the “creations”
- Pear tree is a symbol of Janie’s idea of love
- Contrast of flies and human actions, such as “singing” and “marrying”
- The last sentence could be foreshadowing how Janie struggles with realizing her dreams
- Most of the sentences are long, creating a flowing rhythm
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