In means that things or items are separate from all other items. <span />
Based on the context and the definition, the word 'derivative' makes reference to something that is not the result of an original idea, but something that has been based on something else.
In this excerpt from "Poetry" by Marianne Moore, 'derivative' is used as an adjective in order to describe "things".<u> 'Derivative' is used to refer to something that does not offer new ideas because it has been developed from something else</u>. It has a negative connotation since it is used to criticize something. Moreover, in this excerpt, it is highly connected to the idea of unintelligibility.
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The blackberries symbolize Sal's mother's wish to share with her family her worldly affection and earthly goodness, even though the mother of Sal's feel that the gift is pale in contrast to the spontaneity of her husband's spontaneity.
The women is a photographer. She took a picture of her husband. Then she took the picture into a red room and put in water for 5 minutes and then she hung the picture to dry. :)
In "their eyes were Watching God", Hurston who is trying to recognize that folk culture which is represented in the identification of black characters. Their identification is portrayed with "front-porch culture" the same case applies to their language. They go together hand in hand, as the way font porch represents the community and its life.
The language is different from white American, that is why it places the black's identification apart. Hurston alternates between Black English as well as sophisticated speech. The picture that Jane has two identities is enhanced. Since she is part of white, she had a good education, lived a good life, has a straight hair and she is capable of speaking of being sophisticated.
She relies on her dialect of Black English so as to identify with other black people who are in her community.
