Journal #2

"' Tain't Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it's protection. Ah ain't gittin' ole, honey. Ah'm done ole. One mornin' soon, now, de angel wid de sword is gointuh stop by here. De day and de hour is hid from me, but it won't be long. As ast de Lawd when you was uh infant in mah arms to let me stay here till you got grown. He done spared me to see de day. Mah daily prayer now is tuh let dese golden moments rolls on a few days  longer till Ah see you safe in life"

•  The author obviously writes in a style that when you read, it is hard to understand. The style how the blacks used to talk back around the time where the setting takes place.
• done is italicized to emphasize Nanny's tone when she is speaking.
• The tone in this paragraph is a mix of sadness and a tone that has a important part where one learns something.
• Day is used several times to represent time and that time plays a significant role throughout this story and in life in general.
• The excessive usage of commas while Nanny speaks means she is calm while speaking to Janie.
• Nanny talks about the lord and talks about praying, so this characterizes her and makes her seem very religious.
• The last sentence has many words ending in "s" and the author may have done this to make this sentence stand out more to the others.
• The last sentence's purpose to stand out can be foreshadow and show that without Nanny, Janie will not be safe.