Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Sweat.
Marriage Quotes
[…] humming a song in a mournful key, but wondering through it all where Sykes, her husband, had gone with her horse and buckboard. (2)
Society & Class Quotes
At that moment, Sykes and Bertha arrived. A determined silence fell on the porch and the melon was put away again. (46)
Men & Masculinity Quotes
Then she saw that it was the big bull whip her husband liked to carry when he drove. (3)
Suffering & Struggle Quotes
She was on her feet; her poor little body, her bare knuckly hands bravely defying the strapping hulk before her. (17)
Religion Quotes
Sunday night after church, she sorted them and put the white things to soak. (1)
Gender Quotes
But she was a wash-woman, and Monday morning meant a great deal to her. (1)