Read this passage: I'm normally a kind and understanding person, but my wedding is my special day. Therefore, I'm going to say this just once: Don't buy me a gift that's not listed on my registry. And no, I don't care that the cheapest items on the registry are $500. You have time to save up, and it's a special casion. You still want to be my friend, don't you? What implicit theme does this passage most clearly develop?

that the person is not kind and understanding. she is a hypocrite and shallow.

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