Guitar Quotes With Page Numbers

“…and when she looked up, I was overcome with panic that she’d see me and call out my name…and my secret would be out” (3).

“Or we can fight our way back into the light, we can climb out of hell one inch at a time.”- Al Pacino (Any GIven Sunday). This quote is applicable to Melanie Crowder's novel, Audacity in which Clara is an Russian Jewish, immigrant coming to America. Clara is born into a religious family where she is not allowed to read or got to school. She is always fighting to get what is right, one inch at a time. In the beginning of the story Clara is a proper, demeanor kid. Then Clara’s spirit is stirred by the unfair conditions she and many others experience. As the story progresses, she is actuated about her cause.

Sometimes you just have to “let go” to truly shine like a diamond. N ow, there can be times where we may get nervous or feel insecure about ourselves and because of this, despite how good or great we are at something, there’s like this ceiling or threshold that stops us from reaching our full potential. In James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues”, Creole mentions that, “He wanted Sonny to leave the shore line and strike out for the deep water. He was Sonny’s witness that deep water and drowning were not the same thing—he had been there, and he knew.” Sonny went through a lot growing up, be he found a way to escape the sorrows and madness through music. The narrator senses that Creole has some experience with this and that he's trying

In the novel Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison race plays a huge part in the book. So much so that three men of the same race can have such different ideals about what race is entirely. The three i'm referring too are Guitar Bains, Milkman’s friend. Macon dead, Milkman’s father and Solomon, Milkman’s great grandfather. All 3 men have had some sort of effect on Milkman, but each have a past that has affected them to make them who we see them as in the book. Guitar grew up without a father due to an accident. He had to sit by as a white sawmill owner came to his house to talk with his mother about what happened. The Owner got candy for guitar and his siblings while his mom got $40. Guitar was horrified by the news of how they were unable to put his father's body back together, so they laid both pieces next to each other in the coffin. This caused the young Guitar to throw away his candy in the outhouse furious. To this day mentioning sweets will make him vomit. Milkmans father Macon Dead jr is a much different story. Macon had a father and grew up with him, learning and living. That is until he signed his farm away to a white man and they were kicked out. From then on he swore to never be taken advantage of and to never lose his property, but to own it. This made him greedy, cold and selfish to the point of cruelty. The last, but not least important, is Solomon himself. He was a slave who had 12 children in america but flew

Years later, Milkman and his friend, Guitar, are amazed by the mysterious, even mystical appearance of a peacock over the building of the used car lot where they stand. As the bird descends, Milkman mistakes it for a female, but Guitar corrects him: "He. That's a he. The male is the only one got that tail full of jewelry. Son of a bitch." Milkman, in all his innocent conviction of male superiority, asks why the peacock can fly no better than a chicken, and Guitar, who wants to catch and eat the bird, answers, "Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can't nobody fly with all that shit. Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down" (179-80).

Throughout the story, Guitar is quick to remind Milkman that African-American members of their society are oppressed by the system currently in place in society and he also actively attempts to combat this unfair and cruel treatment by joining the group known as the “Seven Days.” In contrast, Milkman largely attempts to distance himself from the oppression of black people, and focuses mainly on the differences that he perceives between himself and the other members of the community. The conversation begins when Milkman compares himself to a “soft-fried egg,” but Guitar counters with the idea that a black person’s “’genes won’t let him be no egg no matter how hard he tries,’” due to the fact that “’Nature says no’” (Morrison 115). Guitar’s logic behind this is the fact that “’Eggs is difficult, complicated. Fragile too. And white’” (Morrison 116). In this situation, the physical characteristics in an egg are used to demonstrate the differences that Guitar sees between white and black people. His comments also show that he does not believe that people of different skin colors are able to truly be alike one another, due to their differences. The symbolism of the egg continues when Guitar points out the fact that although “’They got brown eggs’...’don’t nobody want them’” (Morrison 116). This reveals the difference in how white and black people are viewed and treated by society, with white skin, or shell, being seen as desirable, while darker skin, or shell, is seen as unwanted. This also illustrates Guitar’s passion towards race relations and the fact that he is intensely focused on the outward appearance of humans and humanity. Guitar’s perspective also serves to differentiate his beliefs with those of Pilate, who is largely focused on the inside of the egg. After the discussion of Milkman and Guitar’s personal views on this topic, they also discuss how

Alternatively, Elijah Whiskeyjack is another character that has a notable connection to storytelling and words throughout the novel, albeit in a much more selfish capacity. To Elijah, words are tools that he manipulates to create alternate realities and inflate his importance through tales of his wartime escapades. Elijah’s superiority and sense of worth stem from his relationship with words and stories. What separates him from Xavier in the army besides brutality, is not military skill but his ability to “out-talk even the officers with his nun’s English” (65). While men of Indigenous descent typically experience discrimination, Xavier describes being perceived as “something less than them” (13), while “they are drawn to Elijah and his easy

In Emily st. John Mandel’s critically acclaimed novel, Station Eleven, Tyler Leader (also known as The prophet) is shown as a charismatic and possessive leader in his community. The prophet can be described as an obsessive dictator that takes advantage of the role by using religion, fear and inspirational quotes to run his post apocalyptic cult. In Station Eleven, Tyler uses religion to gather his following.

1.) “Fact then: Somehow, my travels crossed time as well as distance. Another fact: The boy was the focus of my travels - perhaps the cause of them.” Pg.24

As I read through the beginning of the book, I was continuously vexed by how careless Julio and Romiette behaved around gangs. By analyzing the pair's’ actions, we can infer that they don't see The Devildogs as a serious threat. This excerpt is a magnificent example of that. This passage describes how Julio and Romiette respond to a potentially dangerous situation with careless actions. The duo is stared down by potentially dangerous gang members, and they reply by loudly dancing on the table. Not only would common sense tell them this is not a good idea, but also the fact that Julio moved away from Texas to escape gangs. You would think that these combined factors would encourage Romiette and especially Julio to take gangs as a serious threat.

Macon has a dream to become a documentary filmmaker. He is just like Foster in a way where if you can dream it you can do it. Macon can sometimes lose hope in what he dreams of. In the book he felt at a point that he couldn’t reach his goals and he shouldn’t trust anyone but later discovered he can trust Foster. One song that reminds me of Macon is the song called The Show Goes On by Lupe Fiasco. In this song it says, “The show goes on, all night until the morning, we dream so long”. I think Macon thinks that at times, like the show must go on even if some people get in the way, he still has to try to get to his

Finally, self-discovery of inner talents can be introduced when one has dealt with the loss of innocence. Dutchy is a character in the novel that learns of his inner talents through the hardships in his life. Dutchy meets Niamh on the orphan train and become very close. Dutchy learns that he is great with children. Since he is being rude and disturbing the res of the passengers on the train the adults in charge of them tell him to go sit with Niamh and Carmine.

When hate is engraved in someone’s heart they start to do things they don’t want to do, but what is driving them is forcing them to. This is the case of Guitar Baines, Milkman’s best friend, is very conscious of where he stands in society and what people of another race see him as. Guitar is hate driven and sees white people as his ultimate enemy. The novel starts off has Robert Smith jumping off the roof of a hospital. Smith was part of a group named The Seven Days. This organization is a group of African Americans who kill white people. If a black male or female were to be killed by the hands of a white person then the Seven Days would be in charge of a killing a white person the exact same way. Only seven members are allowed to be apart of this group. After Smith died, this organization needed a new member and this new member was Guitar. Milkman did

Blackbird is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney recorded in 1968. McCartney wrote this song about the civil rights struggle for blacks after reading about race riots in the USA. He penned it in his kitchen in Scotland not long after an incident in Little Rock, when the federal courts forced the racial desegregation of the Arkansas capital 's school system. McCartney told Mojo magazine, October 2008: "We were totally immersed in the whole saga which was unfolding. So I got the idea of using a blackbird as a symbol for a black person. It wasn 't necessarily a black 'bird ', but it works that way, as much as then you called girls 'birds '; the Everlys had had 'Bird Dog, ' so the word 'bird ' was around. 'Take these broken wings ' was very much in my mind, but it wasn 't exactly an ornithological ditty; it was purposely symbolic."(Principia, 2015) During the 1960’s black people were having very hard time with discrimination. This song is so deep and at the same time, so metaphoric that it can be used as a song of freedom in any circumstances. The song says that even if you are not free, if you live in darkness, if your wings are broken and your eyes sunken, you should always try to rise, fly and follow the light that shines even in the darkest night. Blackbird is song rich in figurative language that reminds African Americans to not give up, to keep trying even if they think there is no hope. McCartney writes about freedom

The idea of racism and equality in society has been a salient one dating back to early days of civilization. One of the most important pushes for this idea of equality was the Black Power Movement. Dating back to the mid-1900’s this movement is defined as one that provided a political and social movement whose advocates believed in racial pride, self-sufficiency, and equality for all people of Black and African descent. In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker and “Sonny Blues” by James Baldwin multiple characters are presented within this Black Power Movement having various reactions to it. More specifically Sonny from “Sonny Blues”, definitely embraces the idea of social and racial pride through the idea of music, although it may not bein the healthiest of ways. Dee from “Everyday Use”, embraces her racial pride also, but more important is her self-sufficient views of herself in relation to her culture and equality. Sonny uses this movement as the scapegoat for his life struggles. He struggles with his past and now current drug problems and uses the music as a safe haven in times where a black man from Harlem, New York is already viewed as unacceptable. Dee is very similar in the sense that she uses the Black Power Movement as an excuse for her actions. At a time when it’s viewed socially acceptable by your peers to embrace your race to the fullest Dee does so very arrogantly. The settings of these two stories along with the Black Power Movement create a tension between families