Meet the Cast
Delia Jones
Just what kind of woman is Mrs. Delia Jones? Is she a survivor or a victim? A saint or a sinner? A strong or a weak woman? These are questions that Hurston allows us to contemplate and answer for o...
Sykes Jones
Oh man, where to start? We've got a lot of words to describe Sykes—cowardly, mean, unfaithful, childlike, cruel—but we think Hurston does a much better job in the description/insult department....
Joe Clarke
Clarke is like the village elder—the guy who doesn't say much, but when he does, man does everybody listen. His porch and his store are a popular gathering place for the men; it's also a place wh...
The Village Men
We like the village men—and not just because it makes us think of the Village People. They're funny, they're raw, and they've got some crazy mouths on them. They make us think of a classic Greek...
Bertha
What can we say about Bertha? She doesn't even have one line of dialogue in the story. Still, for someone we never actually see and who is only described by the characters themselves, she has quite...