Journal 9

The structure of the story is very significant to the readers interpretation of the story. Oftentimes throughout Their Eyes Were Watching God, chapters begin or end with a sentence or paragraph that uses figurative language or highlights a symbol. These often make the reader try and pay more attention to the beginnings and endings and to what Hurston is trying to convey to them. Also, the ending of the book is a great example of one of these types of endings Hurston often uses. She fills the ending with a deep passage which talks of how perfect Tea Cake was, and a reader could easilly pick out themes from the closing paragraphs of the book.