Critical thinking

Study Question: Provide a close reading of a scene from Their Eyes Were Watching God, focusing on the different language acts we discussed in class: formal-literary narration, vernacular language games (e.g. storytelling, insult battle), lyrical improvisation, as well as any other language act you notice. How do switches in style and frame function in the scene, in your view? Back up your interpretation with quotations from the scene and secondary readings