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.

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.