When Delia had stood up for herself after an argument, Sykes got into to bed and threatened that, '[he] oughter mash [her] in [her] mouf fuh drawing dat skillet [on him]. '; Only having been married a few months so far he gave her the first beating of their marriage. Many people who live in town knew of her abused but never did anything about it. A gentleman from the town had made a comment about the way Sykes been abusing Delia, '[Sykes] done beat [Delia] 'nough tuh kill three women. '; Even though many people did not do nothing to help Delia out, they still did not respect Sykes because he beat Delia and he was trying to bribe the wives of the town with presents. Him doing this was his guilty conscious telling him he was wrong, but not willing to accept that he was wrong. Consequently there is one more form of abuse that Delia suffered from her
When Delia had stood up for herself after an argument, Sykes got into to bed and threatened that, '[he] oughter mash [her] in [her] mouf fuh drawing dat skillet [on him]. '; Only having been married a few months so far he gave her the first beating of their marriage. Many people who live in town knew of her abused but never did anything about it. A gentleman from the town had made a comment about the way Sykes been abusing Delia, '[Sykes] done beat [Delia] 'nough tuh kill three women. '; Even though many people did not do nothing to help Delia out, they still did not respect Sykes because he beat Delia and he was trying to bribe the wives of the town with presents. Him doing this was his guilty conscious telling him he was wrong, but not willing to accept that he was wrong. Consequently there is one more form of abuse that Delia suffered from her