Sweat By Zora Neale Hurston Essay

Being a victim of discrimination, Zora Neale Hurston went through many hard situations in her life. When Zora was only fourteen years old her mother died. After this issues she understood that she needed to be an independent woman . Many of her writings reflect and show some of the pain that she went through, and a perfect example of that is her short story “Sweat”. In this story, she created Delia a character that resembles herself. In this story, she worked hard to make a living and maintain her household. All of her hard work paid off successfully and she was able to pay for her education.
Hurston´s short story “Sweat” reveals many glimpses of her life. This story takes place in a small town in Florida, where Zora grew up. Born in Alabama raised in a town near Orlando. Her uniqueness and creativity expressing southern African slang was one of the characteristics of her writting. An example of her creativity in “Sweat” is this quote: ” Gimme some kivah, an´ git yo´ damn foots over on yo´ own side! Ah oughter mash you in yo´ mouf fuh drawing dat skillet on me.” The word choice of this quote reflects how African-Americans spoke in Florida during 1900. Preserving a culture was an important fact for Zora. Due to this events she became a folklorist as a second career. She preserved the
She identified herself with the struggles of being a maid and reflected it in Delia´s character. Even though she was never abused by her husband, many African-American women were abused. Zora preserves the culture that she grew up in and shows it through the abuse Delia received during the story “Sweat”. Another aspect that is shown is that many men were abusive because they felt insecure about themselves. Sykes, Delia´s husband, is the traditional abusive men in this culture, the characters in this story are a stereotype of African Americans cultures in that time