"Doan ast me tuh do nothin' fuh yuh. Goin' roun' trying' tuh be so damn asterperious. Naw, Ah aint gonna kill it. Ah think uh damn sight mo' uh him dan you! Dat's a nice snake an' anybodydoan lak 'im kin jes' hit de grit."
Syke told Delia he likes seeing the snake more than her. More verbal abuse
Delia's work-worn knees crawled over the earth in Gethsemane and up the rocks of Calvary many, many times during these months
delia is a hard working woman who's been through a lot
Clarke spoke for the first time. "Taint no law on earth dat kin make a man be decent if it aint in 'im. There's plenty men dat takes a wife lak dey do a joint uh sugar-cane. It's round, juicy an' sweet when dey gits it. But dey squeeze an' grind, squeeze an' grind an' wring tell dey wring every drop uh pleasure dat's in 'em out. When dey's satisfied dat dey is wrung dry, dey treats 'em jes lak dey do a cane-chew. Dey throws em away. Dey knows whut dey is doin' while dey is at it, an' hates theirselves fuh it but they keeps on hangin' after huh tell she's empty. Den dey hates huh fuh bein' a cane-chew an' in de way.
Sykes can be a better man if he wants to but he is doing what he wants with Delia so he's gonna continue to treat her like this until he done with her
Too much knockin' will ruin any 'oman. He done beat huh 'nough tuh kill three women, let 'lonechange they looks," said Elijah Moseley. "How Syke kin stommuck dat big black greasy Mogulhe's layin' roun wid, gits me. Ah swear dat eight-rock couldn't kiss a sardine can Ah donethrowed out de back do' 'way las' yeah.
Delia's constant abuse shows and makes her unattractive. E.M doesn't understand how Syke can still look at her everyday
"Gimme some kivah heah, an' git yo' damn foots over on yo' own side! Ah oughter mash you in yo' mouf fuh drawing dat skillet on me."
Sykes didn't take his power being threatened well
She seized the iron skillet from the stove and struck a defensive pose, which act surprised him greatly, coming from her. It cowed him and he did not strike her as he usually did.
she's tired of being abused and is finally standing up for herself which startled Sykes
"What's it got to do with you, Sykes? Mah tub of suds is filled yo' belly with vittles more times than yo' hands is filled it. Mah sweat is done paid for this house and Ah reckon Ah kin keep on sweatin' in it."
She isn't the head of the house but she's the one maintaining it and paying for it
Ah don't keer how bad Ah skeer you."
He seems very toxic being that he goes out of his way to scare her and finds humor in it
Tolstoy may have educated his peasants, but I've educated you.
A white boy teaching grown black men.
Penicillin and Sir Alexander Fleming
considered a careless mistake
ocrates? Alexandre Dumas? Karl Marx? Dostoevsky? Nietzsche?
these are philosophers who may also be atheist