Their Eyes Were Watching God Diction Analysis

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In Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston uses diction to convey the conflict between truth and time. The experiences Janie encounters to find love and her true self, stay with her forever, no matter how much time passes, no matter how big the effect on Janie is. Hurston feels strongly about the idea of a memory staying with one forever, and with her use of diction she creates a powerful meaning to the impact of time on oneself. She explains that no matter how much one tries to change the past, each memory has its truth and it cannot be altered. Knowing and accepting the truth may be hard, but not hard enough to forget. “Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget.