Kojo GordonComposition and Literature 2Paul WrayMarch 30, 2014The short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston is an interesting piece that uses literary techniques such as imagery, symbolism, and tone , which overall improves the audience's reading experience. Zora's use of imagery allows the audience to gain a visual interpretation of the Florida setting and climate. “The sun burned from July to August. The heat flowed like a million burning arrows, striking every living thing on the earth. The grass withered, the leaves turned brown, the snakes went blind as they molted, and men and dogs went mad (Hurston 7). This quote serves as an example of Hurston's ability to create images with his words. This quote image reminds me of the movie Troy, the Athenian soldiers in the fortress ignited the arrows into the sky, killing all the Trojan soldiers who tried to enter the walls. This quote is a simile "It was hot, hot weather." day towards the end of July. The village men on Joe Clarke's porch even chewed cane listlessly. They didn't throw the cane knots as usual. They left them drooling on the edge of the porch. Even the conversation collapsed in the heat (Hurston4). » This quote allows the reader to feel the heat that the characters are going through. I was able to relate to the characters because it took me back to the hot days of Jamaica where I loved eating sugar cane before going to the beach with friends on a scorching hot day. You can better understand the intensity of the southern summer heat when Elijah tells Joe that they should buy a watermelon. A grunt of approval went around the porch. But the heat melted their civic virtue and Elijah Moseley began to bait Joe Clarke. "Come on, Joe, get out a melon... middle of paper... because she wanted her readers to understand where the characters came from. The reason I responded to Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat" This is because of the message of the short story which goes back to two biblical quotes: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (Luke 6:31) and “Live by the sword, die by it.” sword (Gospel of Matthew 26:52) » What I am trying to prove here is that Sykes would have always wanted to scare Delia with a snake, the first time was with the whip and the last night Sykes put the whip. snake in the soap box to scare Delia to death. Little did Sykes know that Delia faced her fears and learned to defeat snakes near the end of the story, when Sykes was supposed to be the master. catching snakes, the rattlesnake makes a transparent sound and bites Sykes He wanted to scare Delia lifeless but his plan backfired...