1. Ain't No Makin' It
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... applying liniment to his back; this was a private act of a private man. " If you guys would want a hand to work for nothing-just his keep, why I'd come an' lend a hand. I ain't so crippled I can't work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to," is an example of Crooks' loneliness as he proposes to work for George and Lennie if they buy a ranch ... come back, Lennie strongly believes that he will. This was emphasised earlier in the novel by Slim, as he says, "Ain't many guys travel around together." This shows how unique and special George and Lennie's relationship is. The statement "You ain't...
... be near him."(Steinbeck, 72) Crooks feels lonely because he does not have a friend to laugh with, talk with, or to share his emotions with. "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody- (Steinbeck, 72) Unfortunately, Crooks portrays a weak, defenseless character. The symbols of insignificance and weakness represent Crooks. These qualities are displayed in his confrontation with Curley's wife in his ... everybody is doing something, " an" what am I doin"? Standin" here talkin" to a bunch of bindle stiffs- a n***** (Crooks) an" a dum-dum (Lenny), a lousy ol" sheep (Candy)- an" likin" it becaus...
... many dreadful things to happen. The book reflects this as one section reads: ""This folks so bad in here. Heard tell they lynched a boy a few days ago at Crossington" "And ain't a thing gonna be done "bout it" said Mr. Lainer" This shows the law didn't protect harmful acts from being done to black people, at the time of the novel. Due ... . The grandmother of the Logan family "Big Ma" keeps a gun under her granddaughters bed, and T.J. would do anything for a gun. ""Jus" look at it" T.J. Said dreamily. "Ain't she somethin"? I"d sell my life for that gun Ain't s"pose to hunt with. It's for...
... that she will never be able to return home to Centreville. This led me to choosing the third song titled, "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" by The Roots. Throughout the song The Roots repeat the lyrics, "Ain't gonna let nobody, turn me around, I just keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin', Marching on to freedom land" and ... ...
... that she will never be able to return home to Centreville. This led me to choosing the third song titled, "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" by The Roots. Throughout the song The Roots repeat the lyrics, "Ain't gonna let nobody, turn me around, I just keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin', Marching on to freedom land" and ... ...
... him because he is old too. Also, when the others go into town, Candy is left behind. Carlson questions Candy about the welfare of his dog, "He ain't no good to you, Candy. An he ain't no good to himself. Why"nt you shoot him, Candy" (pg 44). From this quote the character Candy senses he isn't any good either. These are ... ...
... both to get drunk on." Another good example of verbal irony is when Levi Bell the lawyer says "Set down, my boy; I wouldn't strain myself if I was you. I reckon you ain't used to lying, it don't seem to come handy; what you want is practice. You do it pretty awkward." This is very ironic because Huck has survived throughout this whole ... the slaves were treated worse than dogs by talking about servants in England. "How is servants treated in England? Do they treat "em better"n we treat our niggers?" "No! A servant ain't nobody there. They treat them worse than dogs." The situational ir...
... and why is she making such a big scene in front of the church. They both overhear Lula saying to Cal " You ain't got no business bringing white chillun here- they got there church, we got our"n. It is are church, ain't it Mrs. Cal?" (Lee 119). Cal tells Jem and Scout to go inside of the church and get a seat. As they ... ...
... to recover his forbidden dignity. Crooks is also very jealous of the relationship that George and Lennie have and pines for it. "Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody-to be near him A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make a difference who the guy is, long's he's with you- All Crooks has are his books for friends and they ... ...
... up in jail if he kept hanging out on the corner. James told Chicken-Man that he was a smart guy. Chicken-Man said, "Everybody on this corner is smart. You ain't no smarter than anybody here. If you were so smart, why you got to come on this corner every summer? "Cause you flunkin" school! You think if you dropped out ... of school somebody's gonna beg you to go back. What makes you so special that they"ll beg you! Who are you? You ain't nobody! If you want to drop out of school and shoot people and hang on this corner all your life, go ahead. It's your life!" By Chicken-man telling Jame...
... to him. Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most; when they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning-because that ain't the time at all. It's when he's at his lowest and can't believe in hisself" cause the world done whipped him so. When you starts measuring somebody, measure ... ...
... not understand, but what it takes to be a man James knows he must do. Gaines writes an example of this writing: "I"m scared of the dark, too, but I make "tend I ain"t. I make tend I ain"t cause I"m the oldest, and I got to set a good sample for the rest. I can"t ever be scared and I can"t ever cry" (476). Another example is presented when James catches two ... ...
... mother doesn't trust him because she knows he will spend his money on things he doesn't need, so she keeps the money he earns from his job. " ' Yuh ain nothing but a boy yit!' 'It be fer Pa.'" Dave's mother says when she is asked if Dave could get a gun. Dave feels like the gun will make him ... ...
... , "These niggers coming up here with that old backward country style of living. It's hard enough now without all that ignorant kind of acting. Ever since slavery got over there ain't been nothing but foolish-acting niggers" (Wilson 2042). The expression reveals Seth's refusal to acknowledge any affinity with his African past. He is a man who wants to blend into the ... ...
... . Though all of the men know that Sykes continuously beats Delia, all of the men agree that, "T'aint no law on earth dat kin make a man be decent if it ain't in im."" (p.246) Women were severely oppressed based on their gender. They were seen as mere possessions, instead of human beings. At the time, there were no laws in existence ... ...
... Hughes. Born in Missouri, Hughes lived with his grandmother until she died. He was twelve years old. Moving from place to place he learned at an early age that "life ain't gonna be no crystal stair." Since he lived with his grandmother as a child, the mother noted in the title of the poem is symbolic to his grandmother who taught him ... ...
... looked from under lowered eyelids at Atticus, but she said to the judge 'Long 's he keeps on callin' me ma'am an sayin' Miss Mayella. I don't hafta take his sass, I ain't called upon to take it.'" (Lee 182) Mayella does not understand that Atticus is being polite to her because no one else has before, she doesn't know how to respond ... ...
... life for African Americans during the 1920s. Hughes's poem, "Children's Rhymes- conveys a sense of inequality even children felt, as a line in the poem suggests. "Lies written down for white folks ain't for us a-tall: Liberty and Justice Huh! For all?-(Brown 1). This line especially speaks of the obvious contradiction of the American promise of liberty and justice (Brown 1). It also states ... ...
... she is lonely for different reasons. She the most anonymous character the ranch and perhaps the saddest person in the story. "Sure I gotta husban". You all seen him. Swell guy, ain't he? Spends all his time sayin" what he's gonna do to guys he don't like and he don't like nobody."(85) This quote shows Curley"wife displeasure with her husband ... ...
... himself of his fathers expectations and most importantly frees himself of his ego and literally flies away. "And talking about dark! You think dark is just one color, but it ain't. There're five or six kinds of black. Some silky, some woolly. Some just empty. Some like fingers. And it don't stay still. It moves and changes from one kind ... ...
... herself: Who are these people that spend that much for performing clowns and $1000 for toy sailboats? What kinda work they do and how they live and how come we ain't in on it?" ( 112 ) Even though Sylvia was making this involuntary analysis and comparison about the money these people would spend in unnecessary goods, she still has not changed her ... ...
... are taken to Calpurnia's church, (their black house-keeper) the black people show hostility towards Jem and Scout. Lula, a black woman at the church confronts Calpurnia on page 119. "You ain't got no business bringin" white chillun here---they got their church, we got our"n." Because the whites shun the blacks the blacks are prejudiced in return. Another prejudice that comes ... ...
... Curley's wife when Crooks talks to her in a objective way on page 85 "Well, you keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up in a tree so fast it ain't even funny." The language used to talk to Crooks for example "Nigger", is offensive; it also labels him in to a different group from them making him an outsider. Curley's wife ... ...
... ag"in. And to see the cool way of that nigger why, he would"nt "a" give me the road I hadn't hoved him out o" the way. I says to the people, why ain't this nigger put up at auction and sold?" (Huck p.27). Huck seems confused at time in the book about black people, trying to understand that they are normal people with ... ...