Well the vocabulary was a bit hard to read along with in the beginning. It becomes a little easier as you go but still takes some getting use to. The trouble i had at the start was understanding what is happening, i never read much stories with these expressions before. I had to re-read a few sentences to comprehend the story.
For her to be able to put up with Skyes for fifteen years is beyond me, but times were different back then so her mind set is not how it is today.
Yes, the dialect takes some getting used to, but it's use by Hurston raises some questions: why does Hurston employ dialect in the characters' dialogue? Why doesn't the narrator speak in dialect?
ReplyDeleteAs for your statement about Delia putting up with Sykes for fifteen years and "times [being] different back then"- back them when? In what time period is the story set?