In order to make the story more effective, the author chooses to use a lot of dialouge spread out through the standard third person narration. By doing this, it makes the book seem way more realistic, therefore making the story way more effective. Not only is it just dialouge, but its spoken in rural African American dialect. I like this because it makes it more lifelike, but it also helps you focus in on the time period. There are many words that are slang, and some that I dont even know even know what they mean, but that makes the book so much more interesting.
Another technique that Hurston uses is foreshadowing. At the very beginning od the book, Janie is telling Pheoby about Tea Cake and the town. In order for the readers to recieve the full story though, Hurston goes back to the past and ends at that same point when Janie and Pheoby are talking. This technique also makes the book more interesting because it make you wonder how Janie and Pheoby got to that point in their lives. In order to find out, you have to keep reading the book.
Symbolism occurs in this book also. One of the symbols in this book is Janie's hair. Her long, beautiful hair represents her strength. Towards the beginning of the book, someone makes a comment on Janie's hair by saying that a woman of her age should not be wearing her hair down.(Hurston, 2) Janie keeps wearing her hair down, despite what everyone says behind her back. The pear tree also serves as a symbol in the book. It represents the connections in life and how they work in perfect harmony. Janie strives to have that kind of connection as well.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: HarperCollins, 2000. Print.
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