Journal #6

"He did not return that night nor the next and so she plunged into the abyss and descended to the ninth darkness where light has never been." -Consonance

"Day after day and week after week" -Parallel structure

"...going straight by walking crooked." -Oxymoron

Janie and Tea Cake are at Janie's house and Janie wants to go to bed, they are having a small argument. "'See dat? You'se got de world in uh jug and make out you don't know it. But Ah'm glad tuh be de one tuh tell yuh.' 'Ah guess you done told plenty women all about it.' 'Ah'm de Apostle Paul tuh de Gentiles. Ah tells 'em and then Ah shows 'em." Hurston uses an allusion to the Bible in this passage to show how Tea Cake sees himself and also shows a bit of Tea Cakes religiousness. Tea Cake says he is like the Apostle Paul to the Gentiles. The Apostle Paul spoke truth to the Gentiles about Christ and not only did he speak truth and teach them how to live a Godly life, he acted as a Godly person and was a good example to God's people. This is a great allusion to show how Tea Cake is comparing himself tot he Apostle Paul and how he is supposedly speaking truth and acting truthful.


Janie and Tea Cake are talking about their relationship and their differences in views. "You got yo' ideas and Ah got mine." I believe Janie and Tea Cake are foils because when paired together they bring out their differences and they are almost complete opposites. First of all, Janie is from a higher society and Tea Cake is not. Tea Cake seems to be a more open-minded person, while Janie tends to be more closed-minded. Tea Cake really wants to be in a relationship with Janie. While Tea Cake just wants what he wants, Janie takes a long time to think out decisions and sometimes even talks herself out of things. This could be from the difference in age. Janie has had many experiences and while some of them weren't so good, she has learned to think things out. On the other hand, Tea Cake is young and instead of thinking things over he just goes with hid first instinct of what he wants. This is also slightly ironic because of the fact they are arguing about their difference in age.