Response Paper For “Sweat”
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The short story “Sweat” is a portrayal of a woman who must endure terrible hardships to find a small bit of peace in her life. The main character, Delia Jones survives years of her husband’s cruel psychological and physical treatment in a community that does nothing to help her. Fortunately ....
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.... telling the story things would be quite different. The reader would not give her version of the story the same credibility he gives that of an outside narrator. It also makes the reader more sympathetic toward her. This can clearly be seen through the addition of the other woman in Sykes life. What happens to her seems truthful and real which directs the reader’s expected reaction to the story.
In 1926 the deep south was a place of racial division and gross inequality. It was a time that ....
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Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
