Their Eyes Were Watching God: 1,2

Journal 1
The dialect used in the story is radically different from that used in the narration. The dialect used is associated with someone who his uneducated, impoverished, definitely southern, and probably being from some sort of agrarian backwater community. The narration on the other hand, is laid out in an average american dialect, probably someone good at articulating his/herself- a very matter-of-fact piece of work. These two different dialect, I believe, serve to contrast each other and therefore heighten each others qualities, almost in the manner of a juxtaposition.

Journal 2
The setting, a small, southern African-American community leads us to very basic assumptions as to the characters involved (uneducated, impoverished, very religious)- almost drawing upon our possible stereotypes of people we would expect to be in such a community. The setting adds to what seems to be a fairly somber mood, by soliciting images of poverty, lack of infrastructure, and all the backwardness I seem to associate with the rural south. This dingy, dank community could force someone into depression quite easily or prove just prove unenjoyable, and an escape from this dull uninteresting life might turn out to be a motivation of our main character.