1. "Dis town needs some light right now." foreshadow/symbol pg. 44
2. "Joe spoke out without giving her a chance to say anything one way or another that took the bloom off of things." Motif of tree pg. 43
3. "De Sun-maker brings it up in de mornin', and de Sun-maker sends it tug bed at night. Us poor weak humans can't do nothing' tuh hurry it up nor to slow it down. All we can do, if we want any light after de settin' or befo' de risin', is tuh make some light ourselves." Allusion to God pg. 45
4. "Something else made men give way before him. He had a bow-down command in his face, and every step he took made the thing more tangible." Characterization pg. 47
5. "They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down." Paradox pg. 50
Analysis
1. The light foreshadows that the town needs light. Which evetually happens, but it is also a symbol. The town needs this light to help make the town strong and grow and that light is Joe Starks. Later in the novel when the lamp post is being put in Starks gives this speech about God and how he creates the light, but humans are now able to make their own light and this could lead to humans thinking they are more god like then they truly are. They have this idea of power and the light is one way to obtain it.
2. This quote relates to the tree that is talked about in chapter two. Janie's blossom tree which is what she wants with her life and in a man. She was with her first husband and she knew that he was not what she wanted, but she thought she had found it with Joe Starks because of the strong first impression he had on her. But at this moment she begins to see that he is not what she wanted. The blooms were being taken off of her tree.
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