Answer two questions on this short story

(you can pick whatever Two you want to answer from the list below)

I attached the story

Read “Sweat” then post responses to TWO of these questions:

Discuss Hurston’s treatment of marriage and/ or women.

Connect this story with its social, cultural, and political context of the times, esp. in terms of race and gender.

• Explore Hurston’s thematic use of the snake. What does it represent and how does it relate to her themes?

• Connect this story’s use of language with another story (or poem) that uses dialect. Effect?