Sweat tells the story of Delia Jones, a humble, timid woman trapped in a marriage with an abusive man who takes pride in mistreating her. The story opens up on a spring night in Florida, with Delia busy going about her job as a washwoman. Delia has been married to a hard drinking man Sykes for fifteen years, and he has never treated her right. Hurston starts to describe Sykes as a “womanizer” and how nobody in the town likes him and how they thought about hanging him. Delia's neighbors all comment Sykes and Bertha and sympathize with Delia, aware of the abuse she has been exposed to. Sykes bring a snake into the house, hoping to scare Delia out. And one day, she finds it in the laundry basket and runs out to the barn in fright. Later that
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Janie returns to her hometown in Eatonville, Florida. Her neighbors are curious to know where she has been and what has happened to her. In chapter 4 Janie starts to develop a relationship with Logan and that’s where it seems like things are getting a little “off”. Joe and Janie met basically everyday. Janie has a talk with Logan and says that she might run off and leave him. He even felt some way about it and took it to the heart but he just laughs at the idea and tells her that if she did, she would be coming back to him. Later on in the story Logan it seems like to he tries to take some type of power over Janie by demanding that she leave her work in the kitchen to help him move a manure pile. Janie refuse, and they start arguing. This goes back to what I was talking about before how Zora Hurston makes conflict between two people who are in a relationship either because she’s seen it between her parents growing up or she’s experienced it before maybe in any of her past relationships.
Logan begins to reevaluate Janie's role as his wife. He thinks that he deserves the type of wife who is hardworking. It doesn’t make sense though because Logan lacks respect for Janie and he treats her just like a slave. Exactly like how Sykes treated Delia in the story “Sweat”. Zora Hurston can …show more content…
They all involve being in a relationship and having problems in it. Whether it’s someone that’s being abused to someone being cheated on and betrayed. By her making all of these stories and having the same similarities you can clearly she knows a thing or two when it comes to having problems when you’re in a
Janie returns to her hometown in Eatonville, Florida. Her neighbors are curious to know where she has been and what has happened to her. In chapter 4 Janie starts to develop a relationship with Logan and that’s where it seems like things are getting a little “off”. Joe and Janie met basically everyday. Janie has a talk with Logan and says that she might run off and leave him. He even felt some way about it and took it to the heart but he just laughs at the idea and tells her that if she did, she would be coming back to him. Later on in the story Logan it seems like to he tries to take some type of power over Janie by demanding that she leave her work in the kitchen to help him move a manure pile. Janie refuse, and they start arguing. This goes back to what I was talking about before how Zora Hurston makes conflict between two people who are in a relationship either because she’s seen it between her parents growing up or she’s experienced it before maybe in any of her past relationships.
Logan begins to reevaluate Janie's role as his wife. He thinks that he deserves the type of wife who is hardworking. It doesn’t make sense though because Logan lacks respect for Janie and he treats her just like a slave. Exactly like how Sykes treated Delia in the story “Sweat”. Zora Hurston can …show more content…
They all involve being in a relationship and having problems in it. Whether it’s someone that’s being abused to someone being cheated on and betrayed. By her making all of these stories and having the same similarities you can clearly she knows a thing or two when it comes to having problems when you’re in a