Analysis Of Alice Bradley Sheldon's 'The Girl Who Was Plugged In'

Sykes personality is totally different than Delia’s. Sykes Jones is physically and emotionally cruel to Delia. He is immoral and unfaithful; furthermore he takes the money that is earned from Delia's tough labor and squanders it away on his mistress, Bertha. Whereas Sykes may be strong in body, he does not have any belief in God. Sykes in a sense can be compared to the devil because like the devil he drained Delia of her beauty, joy and happiness that she once possessed. This point is brought up in the story when Joe Clarke and the village men are talking about Delia and Sykes ” …But dey squeeze an’ grind an’ wring every drop uh pleasure dat’s in ‘em out” (443). According to Davis Masson, who wrote, Essays Biographical and Critical “All sadness and melancholy come from the devil” (86). Once their marriage starts to fall apart, Sykes uses Delia’s anxiety of snakes against her. Andre’ Ménez, who wrote The Subtle Beast, states, “Being sometimes poisonous, hidden in the shadows; slowly and mutely guiding, snakes have often been deemed powerful and shifty, evil creatures whose major aim was to frustrate the natural and proper development of life” (9).

In her short story “Alice,” the author Paulette White shares the narrator’s views on her early childhood neighbor named Alice. However, the narrator's memory could have become foggy after many years passed. In the story the narrator makes encounters with Alice after her childhood as a grown adult. This creates the narrator's reliability to come off, or even be, completely unreliable. Using this narration of a character in the story illuminates in the end that idealism and arrogance blind the child, but acceptance and humiliation is the key to make the adult see.

"If it were not Bertha it would be someone else," she told herself. Before finally falling asleep, she found herself talking aloud, concluding that Sykes was going to "reap his sowing." After organizing her thoughts, she was able to spiritually fortify herself against him, and she slept. She slept until his arrival when he rudely kicked her feet and snatched the cover away. In silent triumph she ignored his comments and allowed him his side of the bed.

Delia’s epiphany comes when Sykes tosses her laundry outside and threatens her for having it in the house. “Delia’s habitual meekness seemed to slip from her shoulders like a blown scarf. She was on her feet; her poor little body, her bare knuckly hands bravely defying the strapping hulk before her” (Hurston, 1926). In this instant, the power begins to shift in the conflict. Delia shows Sykes that she will no longer be cowed down to him. She will stand her ground and fight. Delia’s epiphany is the turning point in the story. We see her evolve from a woman who is doing what she can to get by and living her life the way it has ended up, to a woman who knows her own worth and is going to fight for what is rightfully hers. In that moment, Delia has decided that she will no longer be the victim of abuse. This moment is important because it leads us down the path of the resolution of conflict in “Sweat.”

In this novel written by Alice Walker, there are many touchy subjects that she wasn’t afraid to write about. She wrote about sexism towards women, same sex relationships, and abusive households. The abuse was the most prevalent in the novel because it occurred often and it affected most if not all the characters in the story. One character that was affected tremendously was Celie. The abuse she received as a child affected her self- esteem, her decisions in her marriage, and it affected her strength.

As how Barbara Ryan mentions, “This introduction prepares us to think anew about fiction in which a wash- woman is heavily burdened not only by her job, but also by a wastrel husband” (Invisible Men: Hurston…). This slowly starts to come to an end when Delia is tired of Sykes always stepping all over her. She is tired to always being looked as someone useless. Delia tries to stand up for herself and show Sykes that she is not going to be putting up with his physical and emotional abuse anymore. In this era of time it is the way of life that a woman had to be marry because woman were not viewed as someone who could sustain a life on their own. But Delia knew that was not the case in her marriage. She had been through enough and she is the one that is supporting her husband instead of it being the other way

James Tiptree Jr.’s “The Girl Who Was Plugged In” provides a very interesting critique on society leveraging a futuristic story. Considering that Mr. TipTree published this in 1973, his insight into the corruption of society and individuals remains incredibly applicable to today’s world.

“Delia. Delia!” she also uses situational irony in her narrative. Sykes brings home a rattlesnake in order to infuriate Delia. The snake is supposed to keep Delia frightened and in her place.

Because Hurston writes about the abuse Delia has suffered, the reader is sympathetic to her situation and does not take issue with her action of threatening Sykes. Sykes also tells Delia, “ ‘Ah been hatin’ you fuh years’ ” (298). Hurston does not disclose why Sykes despises Delia, but she reveals that he is also physically abusive to his wife, creating additional sympathy for Delia. This is Delia’s first rebellion against Sykes’ tyranny, and the first Hurston illustrates that Delia may have a dark side that conflicts with her goodness.

Six hundred and sixty four. Six hundred sixty five. Six hundred sixty si….The boy stopped counting. He gripped his yoyo tightly in his hand, unwilling to let go once more. He looked over to where his brother sat and sighed deeply at the depressing sight. His brother held a beautiful porcelain doll that looked like it belong to a two-year old girl.His brother spoke softly to the doll,stroking its long black hair “I’m sorry Alice, I didn’t mean to do it…..I tried to save you, I really did.” The boy sighed again. Memories of the accident flooded his thoughts and a deep melancholy enveloped his whole being. The boy’s last thought before falling asleep was “I wish we could do it over again.This time we won’t lose her.”

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