Katie had spent all that time making dinner only to find out that Tim was going to be working late again with Jenny. She had met Jenny once before and Tim seemed to be very friendly with her. Katie was tired of Tim working late with Jenny. Jealousy sucked her up like a vacuum. Katie heard the door shut downstairs, "Tim?"
"Yes Honey?" Tim replied.
"Why are you home so late?" Katie questioned coldly.
"I called and told you why, I had to work late again with Jenny." Answered Tim.
"Why do you always have to work with Jenny? Huh? Im tired of it!" Katie exclaimed.
"Why do you hate Jenny so much?"
"Because all you do is work with her and spend time with her! You dont spend as much time with me as you used to and I am tired of hearing, 'Jenny this' and 'Jenny that'. 'I have to do this with Jenny. I have to work late with Jenny. I have to go to a meeting with Jenny. My boss said Jenny is my partner on this project. I have to go on a business trip with Jenny.' All you talk about these days is Jenny!" Katie yelled.
"I am sorry Katie. I didn't think about it when I told you, I just thought that you would want to know where I was, what I had to do, or what was going on." Tim said.
"You aren't having an affair are you!?" Katie demanded.
"Katie....I would never do such a thing. I am married to the woman of my dreams. The only reason I told you about all the things with Jenny is so that you would know what I was doing. I didnt know you would be so quick to judge and think I was having an affair. I am sorry that you would think that, but I can truthfully say that I am not and would never do such a thing." Tim said in a soothing voice. Katie began to cry. She realized her thoughts were clouded and that she had jumped to a false conclusion. Tim walked over to her and held her in his arms.
"I love you." Tim said.
The theme that I used in my pastiche was that jealousy clouds the mind with thoughts and assumptions leading to judgement and bad actions. Through out the book there is jealousy. Men jealous of Joe Starks married to such a beautiful woman. Men jealous again when Tea Cake is married to Janie. Double-Ugly becomes jealous when Tea Cake wins all his money. Many of these examples of jealousy cloud the mind with thoughts and assumptions, leading to judgement and bad actions. The three literary techniques I used were figurative language, syntax, and motifs. I used figurative language in this pastiche when I described jealousy as a vacuum sucking Katie up in it. Hurston uses figurative language in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Sometimes the figurative language she uses is complex and goes on for more then a few sentences, other times it is just one sentence here and there that adds to the atmosphere of the story. I also used syntax. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston often uses short, quick sentences to help point out a particular subject, topic, character etc. I used short quick sentences to help further express Katie's dislike of Jenny and the time Tim spends with Jenny. Lastly I used motifs. In my pastich I used the motif of judgement which Hurston uses multiple times throught the book and will often point judgement out. In my pastiche, it is clear that Katie has judged Tim because of the conclusion she jumped to. Tim also uses the word 'judge' which helps to further point to judgement.
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