Sweat

Summary
The story sweat is a story about a African American couple who have been married for 15 years. The couple’s names are Delia and Sykes, and their marriage is less than perfect. Actually, it is mostly Sykes ruining their marriage, he was abusive to his wife, cheats on her, and scares her with snakes. Not long after they were married, he beat up Delia and he didn’t think twice about it. In the story, Sykes left for the weekend to see his girlfriend, while Delia works at her laundry service, and does laundry for a local white family. Delia has a fear of snakes, and Skye brings home a snake and puts it in a basket in the kitchen, so Delia won’t go in there and would eventually starve. Somehow, the gets out and bites Sykes, and kills him.


Comments
Have you ever heard of the saying what goes around comes around, additionally; it was only fate that Sykes ends up dying at the end. He had an honest and hardworking wife and he abused her and took advantage of a good thing. And Sykes got what he had coming.