Which of the following best describes Delia’s feelings toward Bertha?

A) Delia believes she can win Bertha’s sympathy by pretending to be blind and deaf.

B) Delia has no desire to engage with Bertha and does not care to hear the village gossip.

C) Delia envies Bertha because Bertha does not need to work for her own living.

D) Delia knows that Sykes has been lying to Bertha about his wealth and therefore pities her.

B. Delia has no desire to engage with Bertha and does not care to hear the village gossip.

Explanation:

In the story "sweat" by Michelle Villafor, The main character Delia Jones is a woman who holds her christian belief tight, she provides for herself and husband Sykes. Her husband treats her with so much hatred, he also has a mistress named Bertha, who he spends Delia's hard earned money on. Sykes does not contribute any money to the home neither does he give Delia peace of mind.

Bertha is Sykes mistress, whom He flaunts around town and in front of his wife Delia. He brought a snake to the house so as to frustrate Delia out of the house and bring in his mistress but Delia has no desire to engage with Bertha. Sykes the husband of Delia is very abusive to Delia. Delia finds solace in her Christian beliefs.

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!

recent brain research has shown some surprising benefits as a result of formal musical training. learning to play a musical instrument appears to develop parts of the brain that can even influence academic results. the studies indicate that the earlier a child begins training, the more benefits there are. one such study showed that children who began musical studies before the age of seven had a more developed brain in the region where language production and auditory processing take place. scientists believe there is mounting evidence to show that early musical training can improve brain function.

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