Story Analysis: Sweat By Zora Neale Hurston
English 311
Fall I 2010
“Sweat”
Sweat is a short complex story by, Zora Neale Hurston. The story is about an African American woman named Delia and her abusive husband Sykes. The relationship between Delia and Sykes is very dysfunctional. There are many signs to the way Sykes abuses her mentally and physically . In the story is shows how a woman is mistreated and torn down but still has a backbone at the end. Delia is a hard-working woman who is very obedient and faithful to her husband. While her husband Sykes would break her down mentally in every which way he could. While Delia was hard at work, Sykes would come and knock down all the clothes she had done for the day. Just out of spite to show his masculinity after he knocked down
Fall I 2010
“Sweat”
Sweat is a short complex story by, Zora Neale Hurston. The story is about an African American woman named Delia and her abusive husband Sykes. The relationship between Delia and Sykes is very dysfunctional. There are many signs to the way Sykes abuses her mentally and physically . In the story is shows how a woman is mistreated and torn down but still has a backbone at the end. Delia is a hard-working woman who is very obedient and faithful to her husband. While her husband Sykes would break her down mentally in every which way he could. While Delia was hard at work, Sykes would come and knock down all the clothes she had done for the day. Just out of spite to show his masculinity after he knocked down