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man, Tom Robinson they became more receptive to the white children being there. In the book, written by Harper Lee, Calpurnia's company wasn’t accepted at first. “ ‘You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here- they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal?’ Calpurnia said, ‘It’s the same God, ain’t it?’...” (Page 158) This was another prominent scene that was important to the plot of the

“A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you… a guy get’s too lonely an’ he gets sick”(Steinbeck 72-73). While an African American man named Crooks made this comment in Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, this sentiment can also be applied to anyone who is lonely, especially if they lived through the Great Depression. In the 1930s’, many people experienced awful circumstances that forced them to resort to desperate measures for money. Men

on the farm, and is given his own room to emphasize this separation. “I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room.” (Steinbeck, 68) Crooks is as separated from other characters, physically, as well as as he is from a social standpoint. His physical separation emphasizes his separation in society. Socially, his race puts him at a disadvantage and will never be able to get ahead because of it. “ Why ain’t you

Music is constantly in our lives. Whether listening to a country song at a coffee shop, or a rap song at a shoe store, music is all around us. Because of this, we are constantly buying music so that we can listen to the same songs over and over again. This is not a bad thing however, but some people abuse people’s necessity to own music by producing songs with the wrong messages. Some music can completely change the world with its message, but others can hurt it. If one walks down the hallways of

how wrong it was for Tom to be found guilty. He shows a lot of emotion when he cries after the verdict was revealed, "It was Jem's turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. ‘It ain't right,' he muttered… ‘It ain't right, Atticus,' said Jem. ‘No son, it's

music that is sad, sobering, and grim. The colloquial language used in the poem captures the readers' attention while the diction used emphasizes the musician's societal disposition while highlighting his frustrations; "Ain't got nobody but ma self. I's gwine quit my frownin'...I ain't happy no mo'." In addition, the poem uses imagery extensively; words like "drowsy," "rocking," "pale dull pallor," "lazy sway," "rickety stool," and "raggy tune" portray the

to if he were to get in trouble, a place where they first dreamt of breaking off and having somewhere to call home. When George found Lennie on the hillside, Lennie expected George “ to give him hell”. Lennie asked him “You ain’t gonna leave me, are ya, George? I know you ain’t.” George responded “No.”(103). George continued to comfort Lennie by saying “ An’ you get to tend the rabbits’ Lennie giggled with happiness.

Woman’s suffragist and anti-slavery activist, Sojourner Truth, in her iconic speech, Ain’t I A Woman, testifies that the black woman and white woman have one common enemy that thwarts their movement of achieving equality: men. Truth’s intent is to instigate woman into rallying for their rights, and to enlighten men on their oppressive and illogical arguments. She establishes a relaxed but highly respectable tone as means to connect to the audience, so not to see her as a stranger exclaiming the injustices

true, are you ok?” And then the sage follow on, “Do you get that it's okay if you're not okay? Because sometimes, as black women, we make ourselves okay with stuff that just ain't okay.” The problem is that it is not just black women, it is society – and even the church – that is becoming okay with things that “just ain't okay.” At what point do we stand up and say, “Enough?” We are so afraid of being called “judgmental” if we call sin, sin. Jesus told us to take the plank out of our own eye before

me a fence around what belongs to me. And then I want you to stay on the other side. See? You stay over there until you’re ready for me. Then you come on. Bring your army. Bring your sickle. Bring your wrestling clothes. I ain’t gonna fall down on my vigilance this time. You ain’t gonna sneak up on me no more. When you ready for me… when the top of your list say Troy Maxson..that’s when you come around here. You come up and knock on the front