1. "The next morning Pheoby picked her way over to Janie's house like a hen to a neighbor's garden. Stopped and talked a little with everyone she met, turned aside momentarily to pause at a porch or too-going straight by walking crooked. So her firm intention looked like an accident and she didn't have to give her opinion to folks along the way" (108). The passage occurs when Pheoby is walking to Janie's house with the intention that she is going to talk Janie out of hanging around Tea Cake. This scene takes place after town has noticed Janie spending more and more time with Tea Cake. In this passage, Hurston uses the literary technique of paradox. The phrases "going straight by walking crooked" and "So her firm intention looked like an accident" are paradoxes because they are contradictory statements. I think Hurston chose to use these paradoxes to connect this passage with the motif of appearances and how they can be deceptive. As Phoeby slowly meanders to Janie's house, it appears that she doesn't have a strong purpose. However, by not going straight to Janie's house her strong purpose remains hidden from the town.
2. "'Ah just had one,' Janie temporized with her conscience" (101). This excerpt take place when Tea Cake enters the store after a week has passes, pretending to tune a guitar. He asks if anyone wants to drink some Coca-Cola with him, and Janie responds. In this passage, diction is used with the unusual verb "temporize". According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the verb temporize means to yield to current or dominant opinion. I think Hurston uses this unusual word to show how Janie can't resist her attraction to Tea Cake, even when she previously wanted to treat him coldly. By using the word temporize, Hurston shows how Janie follows her conscience and doesn't act harshly to Tea Cake.
3. "He wouldn't let her get him any breakfast at all. He wanted her to get her rest. He made her stay where she was" (107). This passage happens the morning after Tea Cake spends the night with Janie. Janies lies in bed while Tea Cake gets ready for work and makes breakfast. Syntax is the literary technique Hurston uses in this passage. These sentences are simple sentences and state what Tea Cake did and said. They also have the same structure, as they start with the pronoun "he" followed by verbs. By using these simple sentences with the same structure, they emphasize Tea Cake's actions. They show how thoughtful he is of Janie and how he is howing his love for her.
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