Journal 2

The setting is very important in giving you an insight as to how things were for the African Americans. The time period gives the atmosphere a sort of tension between the blacks and the whites. This creates some of the characterization of Janie, who had lived with whites when she was younger, and didn't know she was black until she saw a picture of herself. Then she went on to school to be teased by the white childeren, causing her Grandmother to decide to move away from the whites. The place creates a motivation for Janie to leave the place where she is. She tries to see the world from her front poarch but can't because she is stuck with where she is.