Mrs. turner finally rose to go after being very firm about several other viewpoints of either herself, her son or her brother. she begged janie to drop in on her anytime, but never once mentioning tea cake. finally she was gone and janie hurried to her kitchen to put on supper and found tea cake sitting in there with his head between his hands. “tea cake! ah didn’t know you wuz home.” “ah know yuh didn’t. ah been heah uh long time listenin’ to dat heifer run me down tuh de dawgs uh try tuh tole you off from me.” how does hurston convey her own cultural experiences? through symbolism representing family through images of warm, neighborly friendships through the contrast of literal and figurative language through the contrast of formal language and informal dialect