Technique 1: Hurston gives death human characteristics.
Effect: This is possibly because the author wants to portray that death isn't sporadic but rather that Jody is dying for a reason.
Technique 2: Hurston gives death a God-like feel by portraying it as great and in a high place.
Effect: Death is greater than Jody ever was. As powerful as Jody was, he could not overcome his certain death.
Technique 3: Uses a Biblical reference by saying that Death has been around "before there was a where or a when or a then."
Effect: Another sort of God representation that is used to further emphasize the fact that Jody was a mere mortal and now gets whats coming to him for a reason.
Technique 4: Uses a variety of sentence lengths and asks rhetorical questions.
Effect: Gives the passage a very dramatic aura.
Technique 5: Uses the house to represent Jody's power and lack thereof while he is dying.
Effect: Shows that death can change peoples actions and how they view someone who is no longer powerful who was oppressing them. Gives a parallel between Janie's challenge of Jody in the store and Death's challenge of Jody.
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