To begin with the first literary element that Hurtson uses would be setting. The setting throughout the book changes to explain the different events in her life. “ she had a house out in de back-yard...dere in west Florida.”(hurston 10) This place that Janie speaks about has served for he as a home for her child hood. Janie has been raised by her grandmother, which intentes to make the best decision of her ablility. Every setting in place has some type of connection to love or what Janie thought was love.
