Sources suggest that "eppizudicks" is a term used for some sort of heat-borne fatigue, cured only by chilled watermelon in the summer.
The short story "Sweat" was written by Zora Neale Hurston in the 1920s.
Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature. She was closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has influenced such writers as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Gayle Jones, Alice Walker, and Toni Cade Bambara.
"Sweat" is a female empowerment text about a woman overcoming her abusive husband. The story is set in central Florida, near Orlando, and features Delia and her husband, Sykes, with their marital strife as the plot for the not-so-happy-ending fairy tale. As in many of Hurston's works, symbolism is key to understanding the story.
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