Read the following excerpt from As I Lay Dying, The cottonhouse is of rough logs, from between which the
chinking has long fallen. Square, with a broken roof set at a
single pitch, it leans in empty and simmering dilapidation in the
sunlight, a single broad window in two opposite walls giving onto
the approaches of the path.
What is most likely the purpose of the symbolism used in this passage?
O A. To signify the need for skilled workers in the American South
OB. To suggest the disintegration of the Bundren family

C. To represent the characters' disinterest in material wealth
D. To describe the unfairness of the conditions of the poor

d

explanation:

the opening scene of "sweat" exposes the great emotional charge of the story. it shows the violence and abuse that dyes the marriage between delia jones and skyes.

skyes decides to terrorize his wife by pulling a bull whip (which resembles a snake), knowing that she is terrified of those animals. skyes laughs cruelly at her and kicks the laundry with which delia has been working hard, telling her to get rid of it. skyes also comments on her religious manners, telling his wife how ridiculous they are. delia reacts by threatening skyes with her frying pan, generating even more conflict

because you can no longer feel the bubbles or hear the waves.