2023 D1/2 TEWWG CH9 Close Reading by Tara Okun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa Made with wonder en-us 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC 2023-01-01 20:24:29 UTC hello@padlet.com In lines 24-43, why might Hurston have chosen to personify lonesomeness? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287346 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287346 Explain the metaphor of the “journey to the horizons” from lines 24-43. tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287348 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287348 Refer to lines 44-60. What did Nanny do to Janie’s horizon? Which word choices communicate the hatred Janie feels toward Nanny? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287349 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287349 In lines 44-60, how does Hurston use contrasts to reveal Janie’s emotions? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287350 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287350 Which images of light or goodness and darkness or evil does Hurston use in lines 61-69? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287351 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287351 What do the images of light in lines 61-69 imply about Janie’s character? Refer also to lines 57-60. tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287352 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287352 How does Hurston use imagery of light and darkness, along with other figurative language elements, to help the reader understand Janie's character and the realizations she comes to in the time following her husband's death? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287353 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287353 Reread the first three sentences of lines 1-24. What do the images in these sentences imply about how Janie is feeling about the funeral? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287354 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287354 In lines 1-24, Hurston’s syntax or sentence structure includes several fragments. How do these fragments affect meaning in this part of the text? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287355 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287355 What effect does the shift from line 69 to line 70 have on the meaning of this text? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287356 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287356 Compare Janie’s attitude toward lonesomeness at the beginning of the excerpt to her attitude toward it at the end. Does her attitude change? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287357 2023-01-01 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/5f4grfyffg25xiwa/wish/2431287357