LIVED DOMESTICITIES
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Sweat - Kerry
The story rises a lot of racial issues. Considering the location, time period, and langauge. The marriage that Delia has resembles slavery also. Apart from the known behavior of Sykes within the marriage, I didn't see anything stating what made him so fearful to the community, which is my main question. He clears a room strictly with his presence. Sykes remind me a lot of a slave owner. Rich, so he speaks, intimidating, and demanding. Delia also plays a male role in the story. She's the owner of the house. Casually, it'd be a male who wold predominately owns the house Delia Jones but, for everything and even cleans the house and laundry for Her. Why is Sykes saught out to be the 'HBIC' In town ?
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I absolutely agree that race is a factor we must consider in this story, considering -as you excellently point out- the location, time period and language. Can you venture a guess as to where and when the story is set? Also, I think your analogy between the Jones' marriage and slavery is very interesting. You note that Sykes reminds you of a slave owner; you go on to say "Rich, so he speaks, intimidating and demanding." But is Sykes rich? You point out that it is Delia, his wife, who owns everything they have. I'm a bit unclear as to what you are tying to communicate in the last sentence: "Casually, it'd be a male who wold predominately owns the house Delia Jones but, for everything and even cleans the house and laundry for Her."?? Did you mean usually, rather than casually? it sounds as if you were saying someone does/helps Delia with her work when you write "for everything and even cleans the house and laundry for Her"? As for you closing question- who seeks out Sykes because he is the self-proclaimed mayor of town? Does anyone actually believe this?
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