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Todger Fairmile
Mog Habbijam is Bill Walker’s former girlfriend, who leaves him on account of his violence and abuse. She joins the Salvation Army, where she meets Todger Fairmile. Despite leaving Bill, she extends Christian mercy and forgiveness to him, praying for his soul rather than allowing him to provoke her into an argument.
Mog Habbijam Quotes in Major Barbara
The Major Barbara quotes below are all either spoken by Mog Habbijam or refer to Mog Habbijam. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 2 Quotes
BILL. Aw downt want to be forvive by you, or be ennybody. Wot Aw did Aw’ll py for. Aw trawd to gat me aown jawr browk to settisfaw you—
JENNY (distressed). Oh no—
BILL (impatiently). Tell y’Aw did: cawnt you listen to wots bein taold you? All Aw got be it was being mide a sawt of in the pablic street for me pines. Well, if Aw cawnt settisfaw you one wy. Aw ken anather. Listen eah! Aw ed two quid sived agen the frost; an Awve a pahnd of it left. […] Eahs the manney. Tike it; and lets ev no more o your forgivin an pryin and your Mijor jawrin me. Let wot Aw dan be dan an pide for; and let there be an end of it.
JENNY. Oh, I couldnt take it, Mr Walker.
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When Bill Walker appeared at the Salvation Army shelter in search of his “girl” (Mog Habbijam), he struck both Jenny Hill and Rummy Mitchens in frustration. He felt guilty over these actions, and Barbara tried to exploit his discomfort to achieve his religious conversion. Before she could, he left to see if he could provoke Mog and her new boyfriend Todger Fairmile into striking him. Bill remains committed to the narrow view of justice that champions the idea of taking an eye for an eye, emphasizing vengeance rather than repair or true forgiveness. But the Salvation Army offers another way, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Mini
Act 3 Quotes
CUSINS. […] How do you maintain discipline among your men?
UNDERSHAFT. I dont. They do. You see, the one thing Jones wont stand is any rebellion from the man under him, or any assertion of social equality between the wife of the man with four shillings a week less than himself, and Mrs Jones! Of course they all rebel against me, theoretically. Practically, every man of them keeps the man just below him in his place. I never meddle with them. I never bully them. I dont even bully Lazarus. I say that certain things are to be done; but I dont order anybody to do them. I dont say, mind you, that there is no ordering about and snubbing and even bullying. [… But the] result is colossal profit, which comes to me.
CUSINS (revolted). You really are a—well, what I was saying yesterday.
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At the factory and its associated village, Cusins and the rest of the visitors marvel at the beauty, order, cleanliness, and peace they find. Undershaft, it seems, runs a utopia, and everyone wants to know how he does it. In this passage, he explains how order is maintained in his world not through his own efforts but from the pervasive and ongoing social policing carried out by his employees. He doesn’t even lay claim to a novel solution, he merely benefits from the natural order of things in human society—or at least the society to which he and the others Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi solut
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Mog Habbijam Character Timeline in Major Barbara
The timeline below shows where the character Mog Habbijam appears in Major Barbara. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 2
...tries to intimidate her but fails. It’s a severe blow to him when Barbara explains, Mog Habbijam, the woman he came looking for has not only converted but found a new...
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A dejected Bill Walker returns from his visit to Mog and Todger. He spit in their eyes, and they just prayed for his soul. Now...
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