Using Southern Black Vernacular in Their Eyes Watched God"The monstrous beast had left its bed. The wind two hundred miles away The hour had loosened its chains He seized his dykes and ran forward until he met the quarters he uprooted them like grass and rushed after his so-called conquerors, rolling down the dykes. , rolling the houses, rolling the people in the houses with other beams. The sea walked on the land with a heavy heel. "The lake Tea Cake gasped. eyes looked at God, is an example of his amazing writing. She makes us feel like we're actually in her book, through her use of Southern Black vernacular and her admirable description. Her characters are realistic and she places special, well-thought-out phrases to interest us. Zora Neale Hurston's art allows her to write this captivating story about the life of a Southern black woman. Hurston uses southern black dialect throughout the book. This is appropriate because all of the dialogue takes place between black people who grew up in the Deep South. Some authors who write in a dialect completely confuse their readers. However, Ms. Hurston's writings do not confuse us at all. A particular example of this is on page 102. Tea Cake begins by saying, “Hello, Mis Janie, Ah, I hope Ah woke you up. » "You did it, Tea Cake. Come in and put your hat down. What are you doing out so early this morning?" Janie replied. This dialog box is easy to understand. The reader really feels the speech because reading it is like listening to it. Ms. Neale also knows where to stop when writing in dialect. All the narration and description of the book are in simple English: it does not confuse us by putting the narration in dialect, only the speech of the characters is in dialect. This part of Zora Neale Hurston's art adds to the story without confusing the reader. Hurston uses not only the vernacular of the Deep South, but also traditional Southern legends. An example of this is the way the book refers to death. Death is called “the one with the square end”, which comes from the West. Even if the reader is not accustomed to referring to the death as "the one with the square end", the use of traditional legends helps to give us the impression of being where the book took place..