Thre Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Page 1-3
In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the author, Zora Neale Hurston, uses colloquial, low register and metaphorical language as well as simile greatly. Through the use of these languages in the first three pages, Hurston begins to develop the characters of the novel. It develops the main character, Janie Starks, as beautiful and as the townspeople as critical and jealous.
The second page of the novel begins use colloquial and low-register language. Townspeople first begin to chat with one another on this page and the author uses the southern black accent as the colloquial language. This forms a comfortable common atmosphere and environment for which gossip could take place. From this gossip a judgmental and critical characteristic is developed. “What’s she doin coming back here in dem overhalls? Can’t she find no dress to put on?-Where’s dat blue satin dress she left here in?”. In the talk between the townspeople they ...