Summary Of Sweat By Zora Neale Hurston

In the short story Sweat by Zora Neal Hurston, the narrator begins the story with an insouciant tone that transforms into a form, assertive tone. This short story, similar to others, shows the characters growth throughout the story with narration, diction, imagery, and language. Through the conflict Delia Jones faces throughout the short story, she begins to development a stronger, assertive attitude. Because of Delia’s abusive husband, Sykes, he inadvertently helped her to gain strength to stand up to him.
Delia Jones’ husband disagrees with everything she does, by throwing around hurtful slashes of physical and emotional abuse since the second month after their marriage began. She is a wash woman who collects clothing and washes them for