Journal Entry 1 - TEWWG

The author introduces Janie Starks, the protagonist of the story, as this beautiful woman. The words she chooses appeal more to the sexual nature of the woman rather than pure beauty which gives me the impression that Janie has perhaps gotten around pretty well. The author describes her with "grapefruits in her hip pockets; [...] pugnacious breasts trying to bore holes in her shirt" (Hurston, 2). The structure she uses on the second paragraph of that same page is very interesting. She staggers, using hyphens to seperate the many questions thrown around about her. This gives the paragraph a rushed mood, like they were all speaking at once.