Which of the following best describes Delia’s feelings toward Bertha?

A) Delia believes she can win Bertha’s sympathy by pretending to be blind and deaf.

B) Delia has no desire to engage with Bertha and does not care to hear the village gossip.

C) Delia envies Bertha because Bertha does not need to work for her own living.

D) Delia knows that Sykes has been lying to Bertha about his wealth and therefore pities her.

B. Delia has no desire to engage with Bertha and does not care to hear the village gossip.

Explanation:

In the story "sweat" by Michelle Villafor, The main character Delia Jones is a woman who holds her christian belief tight, she provides for herself and husband Sykes. Her husband treats her with so much hatred, he also has a mistress named Bertha, who he spends Delia's hard earned money on. Sykes does not contribute any money to the home neither does he give Delia peace of mind.

Bertha is Sykes mistress, whom He flaunts around town and in front of his wife Delia. He brought a snake to the house so as to frustrate Delia out of the house and bring in his mistress but Delia has no desire to engage with Bertha. Sykes the husband of Delia is very abusive to Delia. Delia finds solace in her Christian beliefs.

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).

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