Journal #2: Passage from chapters 1-2 and analysis of techniques.

 "It was a spring afternoon in West Florida. Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in the back-yard. She had been spending every minute that she could steal from her chores under that tree for the last three days. That was to say, ever since that first tiny bloom had opened. It had called her to come and gaze on a mystery. From barren brown stems to glistening leaf buds; from the leaf-buds to snowy virginity of bloom. It stirred her tremendously. How? Why? It was like a flute song forgotten in another existence and remembered again. What? How? Why? This singing she heard that had nothing to do with her ears. The rose of the world was breathing out smell. It followed her through all her waking moments with other vaguely felt matters that had struck her outside observation and buried themselves in her flesh. Now they emerged and quested about her consciousness."

• Lots of details about the tree and the buds.
• Repeated use of "B" words in the paragraph
• Many words about senses 
• Metaphors with plants are present throughout
• Circular/parallel technique of asking the same questions twice in the same paragraph
• Words to describe giving or taking "spent, spending, steal"
• Past tense
• Rich and descriptive words
• Tranquil rhythm
• Placid tone
• Motif of forgetting and remembering
• Setting is described in detail
• Lots of figurative language
• Smooth narration
• Developing into an adult is a possible parallel
• Theme: Never try and force anything that isn't ready to happen yet and everything takes time like a flower blooming and growing into an adult.
• Thesis: Hurston uses descriptive language to enhance the similarities between growing up and flowers blooming.