The author gives human characteristics to non human entities as the Sea, the Ocean, the waters in order to better show the emotional tension of the narrator. There is an opposition between the dreariness of the first part which shows that the author fears death and the second part where he is tempted by the peace that death can offer. This tension shows the somehow, death may be attractive to the author yet it is also frightening. The opposition of two elements that are yet mutually attracted reinforces the dramatic tension.
C. Your answers should be complete but brief and to the point.
Answer:
It is without a doubt:
B) Papa stayed home, but Mama took the girls to Uncle Henrik's house.
Explanation:
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.
