On a Google Document:

1. Analyze the title of the story “Sweat.” How does the title comment upon the theme of the story?
2. Why does Delia continue to stay with a husband who abuses her?
3. How do the community members react to Sykes’s treatment of Delia?
4. How does Delia’s discovery of Sykes’s bullwhip foreshadow what is to come later in the story?
5. When Delia finally stands up to Sykes and tells him to leave her house, how does he react? Why doesn’t he carry through with his threats to hurt her?
6. Why does Delia not attempt to save Sykes? Do you think she will later have regrets?

Bring your answers to these questions to class tomorrow!