Sweat By Zora Neale Hurston
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Women Overcoming Domestic Violence
Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” is a short story about the struggles and hardships in the life of an African American woman living in the south. The short story talked about the treatment of women in these times. Many women of present times can identify with th ....
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.... who had a job in the family. In “Sweat” Delia was the supporter of the family she worked every day supporting herself and Sykes. This was not very common in these times. Most women stayed home and watched the children while the men supported the family. With women not working this made it hard for them to get enough money to leave their husbands and support themselves and their children without their husbands.
The story gives women of domestic violence courage and strength to get out of ....
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Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
