Analytical Essay Graphic Organizer
Response Text Support Effect on the Reader
Figurative Language Metaphor Page 1, Paragraph 1 Men are lazy when it comes to chasing their dreams and women work hard and don’t listen to negativity
Diction Imagery Janie’s return to town
Significance of Janie’s hair Page 2 (“The men noticed her…”
Ch.5
The men think of her as sexy and the women only see her ratchet clothes. “Walk of Shame”?
Janie’s hair is an essential aspect of her identity and speaks to the strength of her as a person. Furthermore, its beauty denotes the sexual nature of her being
Syntax Structure/Organization Point of View Nanny sees Janie kissing JT Page 12 (“lacerating her Janie with a kiss…”) Nanny sees intimacy as an abuse, not as something pleasing.
Tone Jody is insecure about hisselfJanie is scared after the funeral
Ch.5(“ skeered some de…”)
Ch.9 . Jody, in order to achieve complete control over Janie, must suppress this sexuality. Because he doesn’t want her to inspire lust in other men and is “skeered some de rest of us mens might touch it round dat store,” he orders her to wear her hair up in rags.
Now that she is alone (because of the funeral), she begins to examine her feelings and realizes that she hates Nanny for the values with which Nanny raised her. Nanny taught her to seek superficial prizes such as wealth, security, and status instead of chasing her dreams.
Characterization Setting Plot Self-Discovery #1
Self-Discovery #2 Page 9 (“ Aw aw, Ah’m colored)
Page 10 &11 Janie discovers that she is different from the other little kids she has grown up around. This is when she starts getting treated differently.
Janie discovers an aspect of womanhood and a desire for the joys of marriage under the pear tree.
Motifs Trees Page 8 (“ Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf…”)
Page 11 (“she had glossy leaves and bursting buds…”)
Ch.5 (“Ships at a distance…”) Janie is blooming and growing
Janie is
Figurative Language Metaphor Page 1, Paragraph 1 Men are lazy when it comes to chasing their dreams and women work hard and don’t listen to negativity
Diction Imagery Janie’s return to town
Significance of Janie’s hair Page 2 (“The men noticed her…”
Ch.5
The men think of her as sexy and the women only see her ratchet clothes. “Walk of Shame”?
Janie’s hair is an essential aspect of her identity and speaks to the strength of her as a person. Furthermore, its beauty denotes the sexual nature of her being
Syntax Structure/Organization Point of View Nanny sees Janie kissing JT Page 12 (“lacerating her Janie with a kiss…”) Nanny sees intimacy as an abuse, not as something pleasing.
Tone Jody is insecure about hisselfJanie is scared after the funeral
Ch.5(“ skeered some de…”)
Ch.9 . Jody, in order to achieve complete control over Janie, must suppress this sexuality. Because he doesn’t want her to inspire lust in other men and is “skeered some de rest of us mens might touch it round dat store,” he orders her to wear her hair up in rags.
Now that she is alone (because of the funeral), she begins to examine her feelings and realizes that she hates Nanny for the values with which Nanny raised her. Nanny taught her to seek superficial prizes such as wealth, security, and status instead of chasing her dreams.
Characterization Setting Plot Self-Discovery #1
Self-Discovery #2 Page 9 (“ Aw aw, Ah’m colored)
Page 10 &11 Janie discovers that she is different from the other little kids she has grown up around. This is when she starts getting treated differently.
Janie discovers an aspect of womanhood and a desire for the joys of marriage under the pear tree.
Motifs Trees Page 8 (“ Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf…”)
Page 11 (“she had glossy leaves and bursting buds…”)
Ch.5 (“Ships at a distance…”) Janie is blooming and growing
Janie is