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9. Anse
Explanation and Analysis—Anse's Worldview:
In Chapter 9, Anse tells a frame story to justify his treatment of Addie and explain his philosophy of the world:
When He aims for something to be alwaysa-moving, moving, He makes it long ways, like a road or a horse or a wagon, but when He aims for something to stay put, He makes it up-and-down ways, like a tree or a man. And so He never aimed for folks to live on a road [...] if He’d a aimed for man to be always a-moving and going somewheres else, wouldn’t He a put him longways on his belly, like a snake? It stands to reason He would.
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