... on the floor- Bare; But all the time I'se been a-climbin" on, And reachin" landin's, And turnin" corners, And sometimes goin" in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps, "Cause you finds it's kinder hard; Don't you fall now ... - For I'se still goin", honey, I'se still climbin", And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. Langston Hughes" poem "Mother to son" shows a mother's passion to make her son's life better than her own. It is a dramatic monologue ... woman who probably emigrated from the south to the north, where she l...

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... that I stay with her because she felt that I didn't need to be at home alone while my mother was working. She would always tell my mom, "You know dat boy ain't got no business being in that house while you at work." Even though my mom thought I was responsible enough to be at home until nine or ten o"clock by myself ... go to school by myself and that she should go back in the house. "I"m okay, just havin a lil" shortness of breath" she said. "It's some crazy folks out here, and I ain't gonna let you wait out here in this cold by yoself, no tellin what could happen." Although my grandmo...

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When Viola Price states, "One thing I do know about men and kids is that they always come back. They always a day late and a dollar short, but that ain't my fault, and it sure ain't gon' be my problem,"(262) she defines this novel using the title concisely. A Day Late and a Dollar Short starts off and ends with the words of the matriarch of ... buys her expensive clothing, Paris has plenty of problems that are unbeknownst to her siblings, but known to her omnipotent mother, Viola. Viola lets Paris into her secret by saying "ain't no pill gonna make you feel better from the inside," (451) in h...

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... the men in the family become utterly discouraged, she stands up for the family to be proactive and to do something about their situation instead of whining and crying. "You ain't got the right to get discouraged," Ma tells Pa. Pa Joad responds saying, "Time was when a man said what we do. Seems like women is tellin" now. Seems like it ... time to get out a stick." Ma Joad replies "Times when they's food an" a place to set, then maybe you can use your stick an" keep your skin whole. But you ain't a-doin" your job, either a-thinkin" or a-workin". If you was, why, you could use your stick,...

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... explain life by vividly describing each stage or "stair- of life as it really is, rather that how it may appear to her son. In the line, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair,"" The mother is simply telling her son that she has not enjoyed an easy, carefree existence "in other words, life was not always pretty for ... . In spite of these obstacles she continued to climb, she refused to give up. In the lines about "reachin' landin's,"" "turnin' corners,"" and "sometimes goin' in the dark where there ain't been no light,"" Hughes lets the reader know that the mother has changed directio...

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Barn Burning "You"re getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain't going to have any blood to stick to you." This quote from William Faulkner's "Barn Burning" does reveal a central issue in the story, as Jane Hiles suggests in her interpretation. ... is an ambiguous quality to this work by Faulkner. We are clued into Abner's plans for the burning when Sarty is sent to get the oil. Then, when Sarty, says "Ain't you going to even send a nigger?" we can confirm what is planned. It is at this point that the conflict within Sarty arises once more....

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Barn Burning "You"re getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain't going to have any blood to stick to you." This quote from William Faulkner's "Barn Burning" does reveal a central issue in the story, as Jane Hiles suggests in her interpretation. ... is an ambiguous quality to this work by Faulkner. We are clued into Abner's plans for the burning when Sarty is sent to get the oil. Then, when Sarty, says "Ain't you going to even send a nigger?" we can confirm what is planned. It is at this point that the conflict within Sarty arises once more....

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... . This is seen when Berniece and Boy Willie get into their first fight over the piano and Berniece says to Boy Willie "You always talking about your daddy but you ain't never stopped to look at what his foolishness cost your mamma. Seventeen years" worth of cold nights and an empty bed. For What? For a piano?"(1575) A lot of hatred is ... to do. He tells Berniece this in the first act "I"m talking about trading that piece of wood for some land. Get something under your feet. Land the only thing God ain't making no more of. You can always get you another piano. I"m talking about some land...

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Barn Burning "You"re getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain't going to have any blood to stick to you." This quote from William Faulkner's "Barn Burning" does reveal a central issue in the story, as Jane Hiles suggests in her interpretation. ... is an ambiguous quality to this work by Faulkner. We are clued into Abner's plans for the burning when Sarty is sent to get the oil. Then, when Sarty, says "Ain't you going to even send a nigger?" we can confirm what is planned. It is at this point that the conflict within Sarty arises once more....

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... and feel around with the first one man and then another, huh? You wants to make me suck de same sorrow yo" mamma did, eh? Mah ole head ain't gray enough. Mah back ain't bowed enough to suit yuh!" Because of her attitude, nanny actually restricted Janie from growing. She even got Janie to marry the wealthy Logan Killicks. Logan Killicks was ... ...

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... makes the Misfit the way to redemption. The Misfit drew the attention away from the ditch and the death behind the Grandmother, and instead points it to the sky, "Ain't a cloud in the sky. Don't see no sun but don't see no cloud neither" (1049). The sky is the only light object that has appeared since the beginning of ... ...

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... to monopolize power and profit rather than to teach the holy word of the God I believe in. I have inherited many things that rang true for Sojourner Truth. She states in "Ain't I a Woman," "I could work as much and eat as much as a man" (Sojourner Truth, 1406). I too have this inherited belief that just because I am a woman doesn't mean that I can ... ...

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... all of the money but, he still has a house to live in, regardless of what comments racist white men make. "My son said we was going to move and there ain't nothing left for me to say." However, the stress caused by a lack of financial stability still threatens. In this play, knowledge is obtained regarding the struggles of minorities in the ... ...

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... of the relationship and life. For example, as Janie and Jody are discussing their relationship, Janie says, "Naw, Jody, it jus" looks lak it keeps us in some way we ain't natural wid one "nother. You'se always off talkin" and fixin" things, and Ah feels lak Ah"m jus" markin" time. Hope it soon gits over."(43) This is one of ... ...

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... . When Hank beats Sonny up there is a black officer who tries to restrain him. Hank replies to him: "Get your hands off me, you n*****." But the officer insists "Hank this ain't you" This guy knows Hank better than the audience does, so we should believe him. Sometimes other people see us better than we see ourselves. Hank's loyalty to his father ... ...

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... . She is a very free-spirited young African-American woman. She looks at the bottom and top of the social ladder as the same. Sula says, "You say I"m a woman and colored. Ain't that the same as being a man?" (Pg. 142). She also says, "I don't know everything, I just do everything." (Pg. 143). She is the only person in the story who rejects the ... ...

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... Tower. While the family is eating Red Sammy's barbecue sandwiches, the grandmother carries on a very foreshadowing conversation with Red Sam. "These days you don't know who to trust,"" he said. "Ain't that the truth?- "A good man is hard to find."" If the grandmother knows this and makes these assertions, then why does she so nave and quick to trust The Misfit ... ...

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... Tower. While the family is eating Red Sammy's barbecue sandwiches, the grandmother carries on a very foreshadowing conversation with Red Sam. "These days you don't know who to trust,"" he said. "Ain't that the truth?- "A good man is hard to find."" If the grandmother knows this and makes these assertions, then why does she so nave and quick to trust The Misfit ... ...

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... met Red Sammy Butts and as the author describes, his little old country wife, who adored little June Star. After seeing June Star perform a tap dance she said to her, "Ain't she cute? Would you like to come be my little girl?" Following that comment, cute little June Star had a comment of her own, "No I certainly wouldn't! I wouldn't live in a broken ... ...

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... the "Dreamtime" and it is evident that in this drama, it is still present. Seen particularly when the Sergeant orders Gran to go on the train, she refuses wailing, "Chergeant, I ain't goin" on no train. You can put me in gaol if you want to," indicating she"d rather go with Sam & Milly on the road than on the train which is ... ...

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... the same without it. Mama Younger never had much success in her life; she was a poor lady who had little money, lived in poverty, and was widowed. Mama comments "We ain't no business people Ruth. We just plain working folks (42)."" Showing that Mama has accepted her poverty stricken disadvantage, and has deferred her dream of being wealthy enough to tend ... ...

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... rest of his life, because he felt that he could have saved his brother from his death. His mother tells him that he has a brother as well "and the world ain't changed" (239). This is very significant in this story, because the narrator also feels guilt for how his brother is turned out. We find out that the narrator had promised ... ...

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... ." Sarty didn't answer. Abner continued with a subtle threat. "You're getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain't going to have any blood stick to you "(Faulkner 29). Later in the story after they had arrived at their next house, he orders his wife, her sister and his ... ...

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... the black people towards the whites as well. There is also a great metaphor in his mom's story about how the truck that killed his uncle "kept on a-going and it ain't stopped till this day"(48). Baldwin is, of course, referring to the fact that racism is still running throughout America. It is something that has not stopped, and it continues ... ...

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... . Soon after a branch from the tree fell and she heard the tree speak "Take this branch now baby and you woop that nigga like you never done before, because he ain't right and don't want to be, that I saw with my own eyes so you owe him, go on now be strong don't you be weak." Nicole rushed up and took ... ...

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