Rhetorical Strategies
“Well, if she must eat out of a long-handled spoon, she must. Jody might get over his mad spell any time at all and begin to act like somebody towards her” (Hurston 81)
Metaphor
“'Ah’d ruther be dead than for Jody tuh think Ah’d hurt him'” (Hurston 82).
I would rather be dead than for Jody to think I would hurt him.
What kind of doctor was seeing Joe before Janie hired a real doctor?
Root-doctor
Who dies at the end of the chapter?
Joe/ Jody Starks
“‘Shut up! I wish thunder and lightnin’ would kill yuh!’”
Joe Starks (86)
"She tore off the kerchief from her head and let down her plentiful hair. The weight, the length, the glory was there" (Hurston 87).
Parallel Structure
“'Ah’m havin’ uh hard enough time tuh try and git well as it is'” (Hurston 82).
I am having a hard enough time to try and get well as it is.
How many years have Janie and Joe been married?
twenty years
How does the person who dies in this chapter die?
Joe’s kidneys stopped working
“‘Ah had uh lavish of dat. Ah just didn’t never git no chance tuh use none of it’”
Janie (85)
“Death, that strange being with the huge square toes who lived way in the West… He stands in his high house that overlooks the world. Stands watchful and motionless all day with his sword drawn back, waiting for the messenger to bid him come" (Hurston 84).
Personification
“‘Yeah, Jody, don’t keer whut dat multiplied cockroach told yuh tuh git yo’ money, you got tuh die, and yuh can’t live’” (Hurston 86).
Yeah, Jody, do not know what that multiplied cockroach told you to get your money, you have to die, and you cannot live.
What meal did Janie try to offer Joe?
Beef-bone and Soup
What did the town accuse Janie of?
Poisoning Joe
“‘When a man’s kidneys stop working altogether, there is no way for him to live’”
The Doctor (83)
“Death… wait[s] for the messenger to bid him come… She was liable to find a feather from his wings lying in her yard any day now” (Hurston 84).
Symbolism
“‘All dis bowin’ down, all dis obedience under yo’ voice—dat ain’t whut Ah rushed off down de road tuh find out about you’” (Hurston 87)
All this bowing down, all this obedience under your voice—that is not what I rushed off down the road to find out about you.
What shape does Hurston use to describe Death’s toes?
Square
What other chapter does Pheoby make an appearance in?
Chapter 1
“‘Last summer dat multiplied cockroach waz round heah tryin’ tuh sell gophers!’”
Pheoby Watson (83)
“But the stillness was the sleep of swords” (Hurston 81). *2 strategies*
Metaphor and Alliteration
“‘Naw, Jody, Ah come in heah tuh talk widja and Ah’m gointuh do it too. It’s for both of our sakes Ah’m talkin’” (Hurston 85).
Now, Jody, I came in here to talk with you and I am going to do it too. It is for both of our sakes I am talking.
What did Hurston say stood over Janie’s tongue when she walks into the room Joe is in?
Oxen’s Foot
What is Pheoby’s advice to Janie regarding her problems with Joe?
Pheoby tells her that it’s too late for a divorce so she should do nothing.
“‘All dis bowin’ down, all dis obedience under yo’ voice’”
Janie (87)