Journal #3

1) "Dis occasion is something for us all tuh remember uh our dyin' day. De first street lamp in uh colored town. Lift yo' eyes and gaze on it." (pg. 45)  Symbol
2) "[...] the mule was around the store like the other citizens. Nearly everybody took the habit of fetching along a handful of fodder to throw on the pile. He almost got fat and they took a great pride in him." (pg. 58) Comparison
3) "It was like seeing your sister turn into a 'gator. A familiar strangeness. You keep seeing your sister in the 'gator and the 'gator in your sister, and you'd rather not." (pg. 48) Metaphor
4) "Didn't buy 'im fuh no work. I god, Ah bought dat varmint tuh let 'im rest. You didn't have gumption enough tuh do it." (pg. 58) Characterization of Jody
5) The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor. It was there to shake hands whenever company came to visit, but it never went back inside the bedroom again." Personification

Analysis:
2) The fact that everyone in the town began feeding the mule and taking pride in him is a comparison to the town itself. When Jody first came, the town was small, there was no leader or store, but Jody's arrival helped the town improve and invited more people to it. The town became bigger, there was a store in it, and a leader that could help lead them and this made them proud of being part of that town. So the mule getting fatter is a comparison to it because the same way Jody helped the town grow, they are helping the mule grow and have a better life than what it had when Matt was his owner. It brings pride to them that they helped improve a life, even if it was an animal, just to give the mule the same feeling they had when Jody came along.

5) The spirit of the marriage is a personification to Janie and Jody's marriage. It says that the spirit left the bedroom to the parlor just to shake hands but it never went back to the bedroom which shows that Janie and Jody are breaking apart. They are getting separated further more as time passes. At first, the bedroom was an area for them to keep a connection  and move on together, but not anymore. The connection they had was being lost and now, that connection is only an outer image to their surrounding. There is no spirit that makes their marriage special. It is only a way to show the town that Mr and Mrs. Starks are a married couple that they rule this town.