journal 8

"Janie wanted to ask Hezekiah about Tea Cake, but she was afraid he might misunderstand her and thing she was interested. In the first place he looked to young for her. Must be around twenty-five and here she was around forty. Then again he didn't look like he had too much. Maybe he was hanging around to get in with her and strip her of all that she had. Just as well if she never saw him again. He was probably the kind of man who lived with various women but never married. Fact is, she decided to treat him so cold if he ever did foot the place that he'd be sure not to come hanging around there again."
Looks like Hurston is using simple sentences, showing Janie's inner thoughts on what she wants to say. This technique shows how she wants to get to know more about Tea Cake. Possibilities on what kind of person he could be and some crush she has on him? A clear idea on what is going on.

"So he didn't come that night and she laid in bed and pretended to think scornfully of him.  'Bet he's hangin' round some jook or 'nother.  Glad Ah treated him cold.  Whut do Ah want wid some trashy nigger out de streets?  Bet he's livin' wid some woman or 'nother and takin' me for uh fool.  Glad Ah caught myself in time.'  She tried to console herself that way."
Hurston uses apostrophe, insight on thinking? Janie is talking to herself and we as the readers can see what she is thinking. This allows a better connection with the reader and the character with the story.

"Tea Cake and Janie gone hunting.  Tea Cake and Janie gone fishing.  Tea Cake and Janie gone to Orlando to the movies.  Tea Cake and Janie gone to a dance.  Tea Cake making flower beds in Janie's yard and seeding the garden for her.  Chopping down that tree she never did like by the dining room window.  all those signs of possession.  Tea Cake in a borrowed car teaching Janie to drive.  Tea Cake and Janie playing checkers; playing coon-can; playing Florida flip on the store porch all afternoon as if nobody else was there.  Day after day and week after week."
Hurston uses short sentences here in this passage. By using short sentences it gives detail on both Tea Cake and Janie. It gives a some what clear view on what they are doing together and how they are spending their time together?