She uses death as a proper noun; thus giving me the impression that "Death" is a human. I think that she puts it this way because it gives the reader a different view rather than the literal meaning of death. She gives Death a character.
She gives the reader many views of what Death is and what it represents throughout the passage. This makes the reader think to why she would not focus on Death one way.
I thought it was interesting how Hurston said in the last sentence, "Rumor, that wingless bird, had shadowed over the town". In the sentences above that, she refers to Death as a bird dropping feathers marking the dying. I think she did this to illustrate the importance Joe had to the town because he was the Mayor of it and practically built it.
The way Hurston wrote about death throughout the chapters made it seem like it wasn't such a bad thing. She made it seem more like the way of life, which it really is, rather than from a humans perspective where a human refers to death as a terrible thing.
Hurston used Death as something that is higher than others. For example: "Rumor, that wingless bird, had shadowed over the town." and ""He stands in his high house that overlooks the world". She does this to illustrate the superiority that Joe has over the town, and Janie.
The motif of the tree is mentioned in this passage. She includes this because she wants to reinforce that death is the way of life, and it happens when you get older.
Hurston capitalizes the word "no" in the passage in order to emphasize Janie's stance on trying to help Joe, and showing the reader that she has become more vocal.
She uses dialect in the sentence, "These medical doctors wuz all right with the Godly sick, but they didn't know a thing about a case like his". Hurston does this to show Janie's sympathy for Jody.
Used "two-headed man" to refer to Joe in order to show his different sides. Sides being his affectionate side, and his superior side. There could be many other possibilities.
The word stand is repeated many times throughout the small passage. Hurston uses diction because what she means by stand, is waiting. She probably chose stand over waiting because waiting is vague, it does not clarify if the person/thing is tired, excited, ready, etc.
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