Hurston's Delia in "Sweat", is a derivative of how Zora herself viewed black women. She seen the women in her race as determined, hardworking, and independent with common sense, and able to make it through any hardships in life and still be happy with oneself. In this story, Delia has qualities of Hurston in which she is extremely independent. She pays her own bills and owns her house off her own merits due to washing clothes for white people. Anything she needs to get done she does it, much like Hurston who did whatever she needed to do to get what she wants or needs. Delia continues to move forward in the story even though everyday tends to be a struggle. Dealing with her unfaithful, lazy, and abusive husband is her biggest struggle, yet
