novelist‚ short story writer‚ folklorist‚ and anthropologist known for her contributions to African-American literature. This story shows the life of a hard-working wash woman‚ named Delia‚ who lives with her abusive‚ unfaithful and unemployed husband‚ Sykes. In order to pay the bills and put food on the table for herself‚ Delia must work as a wash woman. In this day in time women are not able to work real jobs because of the discrimination and inequality of women in the workplace. This causes Delia to
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Fiction‚ October‚ 1980‚ pp. 288-290. Isaacs‚ Neil D."Life for Phoenix‚" in The Critical Response to Eudora Welty ’s Fiction‚ edited by Laura Champion‚ Greenwood Press‚ 1994‚ pp. 37−42. Owens‚ Jim. The Southern Literary Journal 34.1 2001‚ pp. 29-43. Sykes‚ Dennis J. “Welty’s The Worn Path” in Studies in Short Fiction‚ October 1980‚ pp. 151-152. Welty‚ Eudora. "Is Phoenix Jackson ’s Grandson Really Dead?‚" in Critical Inquiry‚ Vol 1‚ No. 1‚ September‚ 1974‚ pp. 219−21. Welty‚ Eudora. The Eye of the
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should have been written as “Dear Pat Sykes:‚” since the gender is unknown.) 4. This letter is altogether trivial and ineffective. The letter does not in any form or fashion save the reader any time. The writer is writing as if he or she is presenting this letter to a judge or lawyer with all of those technical terms. The letter does not build goodwill‚ probably created a headache‚ but not goodwill. (The salutation/greeting should have been written as “Dear Pat Sykes:‚” since the gender is unknown.) 5
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cow or mule or anything he could spare to help us (p.34).” Moving forward in time‚ the short story Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston describes a situation of domestic abuse in a long term relationship between a wife‚ Delia Jones‚ and her husband‚ Sykes Jones. Sykes enjoyed
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pride back. Sweat was the story of an African-American wash-woman‚ Delia. She was constantly abused and was trapped under her tyrannical husband‚ Sykes who openly cheated on her with another woman. Despite all her hardships with her husband‚ she worked long and hard using her own sweat and blood to clean clothes. As their relationship got even worse‚ Sykes decided to pull an ugly prank on Delia that would later backfire on him. Both stories had their similarities and differences‚ but some stood out
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husband. She stated that she “been takin’ in washin’ for fifteen years. Sweat‚ sweat‚ sweat! Work and sweat‚ cry and sweat‚ pray and sweat!” Delia is tired of doing the same routine with her husband who treats her with no respect. In the end‚ when Sykes was bitten by the
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describe the techniques of neutralisation and drift from the offending. Neutralisation and drift theory developed by Dr. Gresham Sykes and his former student Dr. David Matza in 1957. This theory helps to explain why delinquent in and out from the delinquency. The proposes of the theory that adolescents sense of obeying the law. According to Sykes & Matza due to the strain of the obligation of the law juvenile drift into the crime. As they exemplified it by an example‚ when an employee
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Sweat Summary The story starts with the protagonist‚ Delia‚ as she is sorting clothes at her home. She is wondering where her husband‚ Sykes is since he has her horse and working equipment. She feels something like a snake fall around her shoulders and screams‚ only to look up and see her husband standing over her with the bullwhip he uses to ride the horses. Delia is angry because her husband purposelly made it look like a snake. He does not seem concerned with her feelings and yells at her
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resources that aim to support national programmes of health. The aim of legislation action is to make healthier choices easier‚ and while this can encourage change that often does not meet the specific needs of the minority groups or individuals. (Sykes‚ S. 2007 in Wills‚ J. 2007). The law states that buying and consuming alcohol is illegal when under the age of 18. (NI Direct accessed 2011). There are also extremely strict rules for the advertising of alcohol and these have been further strengthened
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I would hope that after reading the story at least a couple people thought when they know of someone going through abuse that is not right and that they should do something about it. When Sykes’ mistress is introduced into the story it really shows how much better Delia deserved. She provides everything for this ungrateful low life and he has the audacity to flaunt his new girl around town. Something like this shows men and women in that
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