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    After Curley’s wife walks away after trying to talk to some of the workers, one of them says “Well, ain’t she a looloo?”... “She ain’t conceallin’ nothing.” (Steinbeck 51) In addition, during a conversation with someone she saw on the ranch, Curley’s wife says “Well I ain’t told this to nobody. Maybe I oughtn’t to. I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella.” (Steinbeck 89) These quotes demonstrate that the workers look at Curley’s wife with disgust and annoyance, along

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    Lennie sometimes this theme does apply for them two. After all even if George might not like him sometimes they’re always there for each other. Like George mentioned on page 34 “We kinda look after each other. He ain’t bright. Hell of a good worker, though. Hell of a nice fella, but he ain’t bright. I’ve knew him for a long time.” This shows that everyone has their ups and downs but the important thing is

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    them low-down Wallaces, but it ain’t easy to jus’ stop shoppin’ there. They overcharges me and I has to pay them high interest, but you know I have credits there ‘cause Mr. Montier signs for me.” A challenge they faced from “ Mother to Son” is they faced many challenges. In the poem, it says “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet, Bare.” When the mother says that life for her ain’t been no crystal stair she means

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    is persistence and determination. As the poem starts with “Well, son, I’ll tell you”, it’s likely that the son has asked or said something before to which she is answering. In the following line, she says that her living “ain’t” been a “crystal stair”. The use of the word “ain’t” states that the mother is not

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    Cameron Adkins Ms. Klassen English 11-5 April 15, 2024 Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?”: A Rhetorical Analysis In the 1850s, there was a heated discussion about the rights of women and free African Americans. Sojourner Truth made the famous "Ain't I A Woman?" speech to the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio in 1851 and thus remains the fact that this speech has been one of the most impassioned speeches to ever be made in that struggle for equal rights and recognition by African American women

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    trouble. I ain’t no niggerlover but I do believe in justice. Them folks gots no thinking brains. This ain’t about race with me, it’s about women believing they can accuse men of whatever and get away with it, even if they lying. Us men found America and we are more superior than women, women gots to stay in their lane and realize they are inferior compared to us. If they keep going the pace they are they will eventually take over and who knows there might be a female president one day and I ain’t having

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    Censorship In The 1950's

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    version. There was a line stated in the version by Willie, ““You ain't nothing but a hound dog/Been snooping 'round my door/You can wag your tail/But I ain't gonna feed you no more,” which could be viewd as a sexual innuendo. Record companies viewed it that way because in the version Elvis did the lyrics were different, and changed to “You ain't nothin but a hound dog/Cryin all the time./Well, you aint never caught a rabbit/And you ain't no friend of mine.” This is an example of how record companies

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    lonely. You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curly.” She doesn’t get much time to talk to people and when she does, she talks to Curly. I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella.” This shows that even the person she’s closest to, she doesn’t like. Most men don’t travel together when they work on farms.“I ain’t seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy.”This shows that most men on farms don’t travel together because it takes a lot of time and effort.“Funny how you and him string

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    Marriage is not an escape from loneliness, at least according to a study that showed nearly 20% of people, in general, suffer from loneliness every day. A more recent study of older adults stated that of the 62.5% who said they were lonely, were married and living with their partner (Winch). In The Great Gatsby, the character, Nick, claims to know all of the ins and outs of some marriages, along with the secret affairs hidden beneath. There are one marriage in particular that he is very in tune with

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    WHY I QUIT THE KLAN NARRATIVE DIALOGUE 1 "Hey, Curtis, ain't it? Where ya headed?" "Perkins, how ya doing ol' boy, ain't seen you in a coon's age. How's trouble?" "Headin' to Tulsa. There's work, new Toyota plant, they tell me." "Yeah, me I'm going to see my uncle, out in the Pacific. You know, Oregon." "What's out in Oregon? Ain't nothin' but pear orchards out there." "Well, that's somethin.'" "You still runnin' around with them Stokes Mountain Boys? Plumb loco, them there." "Well, you

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