They passed nations through their mouths. They sat in judgement.” When Hurston says, “They became lords of sounds”, she is saying they were a lot more talkative, and they weren’t tongueless, earless, and eyeless anymore, “and lesser things” they aren’t being classified as animals anymore, they are all now looked at as humans now that the bossman and the sun is both gone. “They passed nations through their moths” she is saying they could talk about anything, and have good long conversations, no matter how big, because the sun was down. “They sat in judgement” they were finally in a position where they were free to have their own opinions and
They passed nations through their mouths. They sat in judgement.” When Hurston says, “They became lords of sounds”, she is saying they were a lot more talkative, and they weren’t tongueless, earless, and eyeless anymore, “and lesser things” they aren’t being classified as animals anymore, they are all now looked at as humans now that the bossman and the sun is both gone. “They passed nations through their moths” she is saying they could talk about anything, and have good long conversations, no matter how big, because the sun was down. “They sat in judgement” they were finally in a position where they were free to have their own opinions and