Religion and Sexism in Sweat - 1342 Words

Ware, Tyler J English 152 Professor Landon February 10, 2013 Essay 1 Religion amp; Sexism in â€Å"Sweat† When you think about women in the south in the 1920’s what comes to your mind first? Is it the hard work they did? Is it the fact that they were good family oriented women? Was it the way that they were self-sacrificing and took care of their husbands before themselves? Remembering the good can also come with some bad. Women in this time period had to go through many travesties, especially African American women who went through more than anyone else. The role that sexism played in their lives made it hard for them to be anything more than domestic workers, being easily disposable and wrongly treated. By virtue of†¦show more content†¦Without that religious backbone she wouldnt have had the strength to endure Sykes for all those years. It also shows us how the power of god can helps us overcome many obstacles that life may throw at us. Sykes own abusive actions in the story winding up being his downfall in the end. The snake that he uses to try and kill Delia b ecomes the weapon of his own destruction. â€Å"The sun crept on up, and he called. Delia could not move--her legs were gone flabby. She never moved, he called, and the sun kept rising†(10). The sunlight that rises when Sykes dies is symbolic of the light that overcomes the darkness and is triumphant in defeating evil. Delia dealt with sexism in a courageous and encouraging way, she dealt with gender defining what she could do her whole life, yet it never stopped her. Living in the early 1900’s women no matter what color had no rights. The story began with Delia washing clothes for white people on Sunday. This caused Sykes to verbally abuse her for â€Å"dishonoring god† because she was washing clothes on the Sabbath day. Many women during this time had worked as washers for wealthier white people. 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