huh mouf an' latches it back tuh de las' notch. No ole grandpa alligator down
Compares her laughing to an old alligator saying that her laugh is worse which has to be a diss.
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n Delia drove past on her way home, as Sykes was ordering magnificently for Bertha
Sykes is happy that Delia see's him and Delia.
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lil 'oman he got. She wuz ez pritty ez a speckled pup! Dat wuz fifteen yeahs ago
Sykes says that Delia was only pretty 15 years ago.
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Ah know he done it, too. Ah sees 'im grinnin' at every 'oman dat passes,
By standers are noticing sykes behavior
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Aw, she's fat, thass how come. He's allus been crazy 'bout fat women," put in Merchant. "He'd a' been tied up wid one long time ago if he could a' found one tuh have him. Did Ah tell yuh'bout him come sidlin' roun' mah wife--bringin' her a
Shows that Sykes has no morals and he has no respect for him and delia's 15 year marriage.
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ith all this they left the store, with Sykes reminding Bertha that this was his town and she could have it if she wanted it
Seems like Sykes is selling dreams.
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Seems like Sykes is selling dreams
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This case differed from the others only in that she was bolder than the others
Bertha probably knew Sykes had a wife but doesn't care because the way sykes treat her better than delia
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She was young and soft then, but now she thought of her knotty, muscled limbs, her harsh knuckly hands
Describes delia then and now
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matrimonial
relating to marriage or married people
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He snorted scornfully. "Yeah, you just come from de church house on a Sunday night, but heah you is gone to work on them clothes. You ain't nothing but a hypocrite. One of them amen-corner Christians--sing, whoop, and shout, then come home and wash white folks clothes on the Sabbath
Husband seems to hate the work that Delia does and calls her a hypocrite for it.
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She lifted her eyes to the door and saw him standing there bent over with laughter at her fright. She screamed at him.
They seem to have a playful relationship.
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meekness
being submissive
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Gawd
Some of the words used in this text reminds me of the Caribbean dialect.
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helter-skelter
confusion
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Ah'm gointer kick 'em outdoors
I am going to kick him outdoors.
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galvanized tub
Iron or steel tub
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Some day Ah'm goin' tuh
Some day I am going to
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"Course Ah knowed it!
Of course I know it
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skeer me
Scare me
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great pile of clothes, sorting them into small heaps according to color,
Delia is an organized person.
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a wash-woman,
does laundry for a living
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