Why does goines say he wrote a letter to the draft board?

In “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie” David Goines describes how he avoided the military service during the Vietnam war, he wrote several letters to the draft board requesting them to be removed from the list for many reasons in order to not being recruited which worked until the war was ended, he did not agree with the military service and used his book also to protest against the draft board and the war.

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