noticed and reported irregularities in HRA’s processing of food stamp applications. The New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) investigated the report and found out that Vanee Sykes with other four people‚ including current and former New York City employees carrying out a massive food stamp fraud. Vanee Sykes was a
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Delia and her abusive husband Sykes. The relationship between Delia and Sykes is very dysfunctional. There are many signs to the way Sykes abuses her mentally and physically . In the story is shows how a woman is mistreated and torn down but still has a backbone at the end. Delia is a hard-working woman who is very obedient and faithful to her husband. While her husband Sykes would break her down mentally in every which way he could. While Delia was hard at work‚ Sykes would come and knock down
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social inequality. Gender comes into play in that the stereotypical ideal of men as the provider for the passive female is subverted in Sweat. Race plays a larger role than one might initially expect and the way it is perceived by characters such as Sykes and Delia are drastically different. While Delia is a “good” woman‚ goes to church‚ and works hard for the white people whom she washes clothes for‚ her husband views her to be a hypocrite. “But she was a wash-woman‚ and Monday morning meant a great
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African American woman who is a washwoman for whites. Delia consistently looks to her religion for guidance and support as she endures the many hardships that she faces because‚ which are caused by her abusive husband and unfaithful husband‚ Sykes. Delia and Sykes Jones is a couple that have opposite moral values‚ but yet they are tied together through marital vows‚ that no longer have much importance or value. Delia Jones is portrayed as the Protagonist and a very modest woman of weakness who later
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Acupuncture by Brandon Backus‚ Jaeyoung Choi‚ Zhijun Qi Introduction The scientific mechanisms of acupuncture have puzzled the Western biomedical community for years and Kathy Sykes‚ a physicist from the University of Bristol‚ is by no means an exception. In the BBC Documentary The Science of Acupuncture‚ Sykes attempts to explain acupuncture from a skeptical scientist’s point of view and concludes that acupuncture is effective for treating certain kinds of pain. However‚ her research provides
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karma. The central idea of this story demonstrates a good women’s struggle within her marriage against an evil‚ oppressive husband and how eventually her good karma wins out in the end. Delia Jones is an African American woman who has been married to Sykes Jones for fifteen years. She is a hardworking woman who washes white man’s clothes to support her no good cheating husband. In the beginning of her marriage she was a pretty little thing but the years of physical and emotional abuse have taken a toll
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In Zora Neale Hurston’s short story‚ Sweat‚ Delia finds herself stuck in an unbearable marriage. Her husband‚ Sykes‚ mistreats her‚ leaves all work to her‚ and is unfaithful. After being married to Sykes for 15 years‚ Delia has lost all hope in the marriage. The countless beatings and painful acts of Sykes have brought her over the edge. She is forced to go against her strict religious beliefs because of the life in which she has been leading since her matrimony to her husband. One passage that
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singing. In Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat‚” Delia Jones hides her frustration about her unfaithful husband‚ Sykes‚ and the hard work she must do with songs and an overall contemptuous tone – even when feeling angry. Hurston highlights that Delia labors as hard as a man by maintaining a well-paying job and being the sole provider of the family; Delia is also given immense emotional strength to kill Sykes with no remorse. Moreover‚ Hurston makes subtle claims about race and segregation when describing Delia’s
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and faithful to her husband‚ Sykes. Through harsh words‚ he cuts her down about her work of washing white folks clothes and her looks saying that he “hates skinny woman”. Delia’s appearance resembles her hard work‚ with “knuckly hands” from using the washboard. Delia has put many hard- earned tears‚ blood‚ and sweat into her house while supporting Sykes’ habits and taking all the abuse he could dish out. On many occasions Sykes has cut down Delia and her kind
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short story has very powerful moral and religious resemblance. Right away we get the impression that Delia is a doer‚ she washes cloths for living. She starts her week by first going to church every Sunday‚ she is religiously strong. Her husband Sykes Jones is the complete opposite from his wife‚ abusive‚ immoral and inconsiderate to her feelings. In the story Delia says to her husband‚ “Sweat‚ sweat‚ sweat! Work and sweat‚ cry and sweat‚ pray and sweat.” There is no lost love between them; all
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