Response to Sweat The short story of sweat by Zora Neale Hurston was a very tragic story depicting the life of a female with an abusive husband. The relationship described in the story I feel describes most relationship today. While reading the story I started to feel sympathetic towards the main character Delia. What she was going through no one deserved. No one deserves an abusive husband whether it is verbally or physically. I also felt the husband wasn’t appreciative at all for what his wife
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Hurston relates to the statement because Delia Jones use to be emotionally and physically abused by her husband for 15 years. Sykes beat Delia threw out the years of their marriage‚ he also cheated on her and disrespected her and let his girl friend in his wife’s house‚ after year of abuse and struggling to live with a man like Sykes she finally stands up ‚ so when Sykes brings a snake home to kill Delia but failed and ended up killing his self emulate with the quote because Delia could have helped
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in “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston As a lonely woman facing the evil of her husband Sykes‚ Delia Jones can be viewed as the epitome of strength and strong- will. She works hard as a wash woman to support her family and household but is still referred to by her husband as “one aggravatin’ nigger woman” (par. 8). Jones is forced to deal with mental‚ physical‚ and verbal abuse all at the hands of her husband. Sykes greets her at the door with anger and chastisement. As an African American poor woman
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Social Conventions As we embark on the twenty-first century‚ the obligation to abide by traditional gender roles and social conventions has become somewhat of an ancient practice. Presently‚ some may feel as though they are trapped by certain social conventions. However‚ for the protagonists of Kate Chopin ’s late nineteenth century "The Storm" and Zora Neale Hurston ’s early twentieth century "Sweat"‚ the Social Conventions of the time are clearly identifiable. In Chopin ’s "The Storm"‚ a
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References: Zimbardo‚ P. (1999). Standford prison experiment. Retrieved from http://www.prisonexp.org/ Sykes‚ G. (2007). The society of captives: a study of a maximum security prison. Princeton Univ Pr.
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who was confrontational and courageous in the face of her silencer. We begin to see the evolution of Delia when she states to Sykes‚ “Ah hates you‚ Sykes‚” she said calmly. “Ah hates you tuh de same degree dat Ah useter love yuh” (Hurtson‚ 57). Delia’s new demeanor shocks Sykes‚ but this growth in Delia’s character helps to convey her recognition and disapproval of Sykes’ silencing. Throughout the entirety of “Roselily‚” Roselily feels a sense of confusion in relation to her husband. She barely knows
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daily life. In the story‚ Hurston noted‚ “mah sweat is done paid for this house[...] you ain’t paid for nothin’ on this place.” This shows that even though men are usually the one to make money for the family‚ especially in this time of period‚ all Sykes did
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“Sweat” is a short story written by Zora Hurston that describes how an African woman can suffer because of her race living in America. The story illustrates how women were treated in old days; moreover‚ some women still treated as they were treated in the past. For many years women‚ our present time can relate to the sufferings and the struggle that Delia experienced in her marriage. In addition‚ the story explains how some women go through a very difficult time with their husband or boyfriends.
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ends meat from her job cleaning other peoples clothes. She is a very good women but her husband‚ Sykes‚ is always trying to pick fights with her and harasses her with more methods than one. He treats her with no respect what so ever and even has a girlfriend that Delia knows about on the side. Sykes complains frequently about the size of Delia ’s figure claiming that she is too skinny. One day Sykes captures a rattlesnake and places it in their home‚ which scares Delia‚ who is terrified of snakes
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