I must say that I did not believe M. Mahoney when he was raving about Zora Neale Hurtson's writing style. I knew that it would be very good and deliver a beautiful picture, but I did not think that I would have a portrait in the first chapter. The first few lines about the difference between men seemed to be out any literature book, but then Hurston put her own unique spin on it. Within the first page, she had already characterozed the entire book. She clearly defined that the book would be about women and their dreams.
The first characters that we meet are women sitting upon a porch disucssing local gossip. From inintally listening to their conversation, they appear unintelligent and catty. But as one continues to read, one realized that is how their society works. However my opnion immediately changed after reading the conversation between Janie and Pheoby.
"Tea Cake ain't wasted up no money of mine, and he ain't left me for no young gal, neither. He give me every consolation in de world. He'd tell'em so too, if he was here. If he wasn't gone." (7).
They have a deep, intelligent conversation about men and life contrasted by their manner of speech. Janie does not react brashly or emotionally to Tea Cake, but she is very logical. This shows how Janie and Pheoby's Southern Drawl gives the impression of unintelligence, but that is not the case. They are different from the other characters on the porch who appear to only spend their time chattering away. This causd me to look at the voices present so far in the stroy, the narrator is eloquent and very well spoken. Phoeby and Janie are alsointelligent, but their manner of speech undermines their intelligence. Lastly, we have the porch birds who sit and talk, they appear to be petty, bitter, and not highly intelligent.
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