Journal 1

There is a great difference betweent the narration and the dialect. The narration is more formal and imaginitve. The author uses a lot of metaphors and figurative language that creates the picture in the readers mind. While the dialect is very stereotypicaly uneducated, the characters use a lot of slang and slur their words together lazily. This creates an atmosphere in the readers mind, giving them an insight into how African Americans were at that time, and how thier culture was. This juxtaposition shows the reader the full picture, giving them a background image and the focal points and the character and how they act in the picture and giving them a voice.