'Protagonist In The Short Story Sweat'

The short story “Sweat” takes place in the 1920s in a small African American community south of Florida. The character, Delia Jones, plays the protagonist in the short story, Sykes the other character, plays the antagonist. Delia Jones is a hard-working African American woman who is a wash woman for the white town folks. Sykes is an African American man who drives the buckboards for the white townspeople. Not only is Sykes a buckboard driver, he is also a man who abuses his wife. Delia Jones, the protagonist in the story, is a woman who works hard to support her and her no good husband Syke. Not only does Delia work, but she also
Syke plays the antagonist in the short story. Syke has abused his wife for fifteen years and take no part of