Tea Cake And Road Boat Figurative Language

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The author proves the one of central conflicts of the book by using symbolism and figurative language. In chapter eighteen of the book Janie, Tea Cake, and Motor Boat are seeking to find safety from the hurricane. The author uses the word, “triple fury” to describe the storm. This is a word that is not normal used in our everyday vocabulary, so it then grabs the reader’s attention to how powerful this storm was. The author also uses a hyperbole to emphasize exactly how powerful this wind was. She described it as, “…Tea Cake went out pushing wind in front of him…” Hurston’s use of figurative language helped explain what all was happening during the hurricane. Another asset that Hurston used to prove one of the conflicts of the novel was