"On the train the next day,major didn't make speeches with"
"The years took AT&T the fight out of Janie's face. For a while she"
"Because they really loved Janie just a little less than they had loved"
Although this may be a fleeting thought, it is something that has caught my attention. At the beginning of every chapter, Hurston uses italics for the first line. Does this have a deeper meaning? Or is it just Hurstons's style of writing?
I believe that Janie is someone who is somewhat unsure of herself. It is only through others that she is able to find herself spirituality and discover who she is. As with every transition in her life, there needs to be some link, some train of thought. The italics serve this purpose. They provide the transition to help flow Janie's stream on consciousness. Nothing can be abrupt, even something as someone as starting a new chapter. There has to be some flow, some transition.
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