A2 TEWWG CH9 Close Reading by Tara Okun https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp Made with wonder en-us 2021-12-02 21:27:54 UTC 2021-12-09 03:22:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 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/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926125312 2021-12-02 21:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926125312 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/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926125748 2021-12-02 21:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926125748 In lines 24-43, why might Hurston have chosen to personify lonesomeness? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926126284 2021-12-02 21:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926126284 Explain the metaphor of the “journey to the horizons” from lines 24-43. tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926126525 2021-12-02 21:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926126525 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/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926128517 2021-12-02 21:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926128517 In lines 44-60, how does Hurston use contrasts to reveal Janie’s emotions? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926132288 2021-12-02 21:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926132288 Which images of light or goodness and darkness or evil does Hurston use in lines 61-69? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926132713 2021-12-02 21:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926132713 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/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926132966 2021-12-02 21:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926132966 What effect does the shift from line 69 to line 70 have on the meaning of this text? tokun https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926133323 2021-12-02 21:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926133323 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/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926133719 2021-12-02 21:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926133719 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/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926134265 2021-12-02 21:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1926134265 Brianah https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1927314910 Janie was free. She had no one to prove herself to and she could be who she wanted. Joe was her husband yes but they never clicked. She with him gone she could do what she wanted. These fragments that Huston uses, kinda expands or enhances those thoughts. ]]> 2021-12-03 13:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1927314910 Corina Cherisma https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1927346304 2021-12-03 13:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tokun/7bq4jari9mu60bfp/wish/1927346304