187). I interpret Sykes taking away her beauty as the cause of their role reversal, where Delia Jane evolved from the cultured sex role women had occupied, where they were expected to be submissive to their husbands to the self-assured woman Delia Jane had become. She changed, “the normative expectations attached to working as a gendered determined the climate allocation,” (West and Zimmerman, 2014, pg. 131). As the months progressed Sykes continued to pay for Bertha’s expenses with the money Delia Jane has earned, where he would act lovely towards her and offered to give her Delia Jane’s home, Delia Jane on the other hand had been avoided all of the villagers in hopes of avoiding all of the murmuring by the villagers or running into Bertha. However, one-day Bertha showed up to their home to call for Sykes. Delia Jane and Sykes at this point were in a state of constant animosity where they could not stand one another that resulted with Sykes leaving a snake in a soapbox for Delia Jane to find in hopes id scaring always Delia Jane from their home. Sykes stated that he wouldn’t do anything to protect her from the snake or remove it from their home, “Ah ain’t got tuh fo nuthin’ uh’ are kin’ fact is ah
187). I interpret Sykes taking away her beauty as the cause of their role reversal, where Delia Jane evolved from the cultured sex role women had occupied, where they were expected to be submissive to their husbands to the self-assured woman Delia Jane had become. She changed, “the normative expectations attached to working as a gendered determined the climate allocation,” (West and Zimmerman, 2014, pg. 131). As the months progressed Sykes continued to pay for Bertha’s expenses with the money Delia Jane has earned, where he would act lovely towards her and offered to give her Delia Jane’s home, Delia Jane on the other hand had been avoided all of the villagers in hopes of avoiding all of the murmuring by the villagers or running into Bertha. However, one-day Bertha showed up to their home to call for Sykes. Delia Jane and Sykes at this point were in a state of constant animosity where they could not stand one another that resulted with Sykes leaving a snake in a soapbox for Delia Jane to find in hopes id scaring always Delia Jane from their home. Sykes stated that he wouldn’t do anything to protect her from the snake or remove it from their home, “Ah ain’t got tuh fo nuthin’ uh’ are kin’ fact is ah