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Joe’s Mother
At the end of the story, Joe chats with the unnamed candy store clerk during his shopping trip to Orlando. Although Joe hasn't visited the store for months, the clerk knows Joe by name and remembers his customary candy order. He is the first person in the story to whom Joe announces his son's birth and recounts the story of Otis Slemmons.
Candy Store Clerk Quotes in The Gilded Six Bits
The The Gilded Six Bits quotes below are all either spoken by Candy Store Clerk or refer to Candy Store Clerk. 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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The Gilded Six-Bits Quotes
“Hello, Joe,” the clerk greeted him. “Ain’t seen you in a long time.”
“Nope, Ah ain’t been heah. Been round in spots and places.”
“Want some of them molasses kisses you always buy?”
“Yessuh.” He threw the gilded half dollar on the counter. “Will dat spend?”
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Within a week of his son’s birth, Joe goes grocery shopping in Orlando, as he had not done for a long time, and talks with the candy store clerk. Interestingly, the conversation with the clerk—another outsider, this time both geographically and racially—gives Joe the opportunity to fully speak his mind on what has happened over the past year in Eatonville. He describes himself to the clerk as having “been round in spots and places,” which is the same language he had used at the beginning of the story to describe the rootless Slemmons (“of spots and places”). In doing so 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 debit
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Candy Store Clerk Character Timeline in The Gilded Six Bits
The timeline below shows where the character Candy Store Clerk appears in The Gilded Six Bits. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Gilded Six-Bits
...for a long time. Finally he goes to the candy store and chats with the clerk. Joe accounts for his long absence by saying that he has “been round in spots...
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