Sweat (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Zora Neale Hurston
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1920's
- Setting: A village in Florida
- Principal Characters: Delia Jones, Syks Jones, Bertha
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, South or Southerners, Poverty or poor people, Emotions, Christianity, Good and evil
- Locales: Florida
The Story
The story covers several weeks in the lives of Delia Jones and her husband, Sykes, from a Sunday evening to a Monday morning, with a brief flashback to the course of their relationship during fifteen years of marriage. The action begins at a crucial moment that is to lead to Sykes's death and Delia's liberation. For the first time, Delia stands up to Sykes's abuse. She has just returned from church and has begun her week's work as a laundry woman for white people, sorting out the clothes that she collected the day before. Sykes, who has spent the day with his...
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