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Exploitation, Oppression, and the Individual
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It’s hard to deny that The Hairy Ape centers around the fact that Yank is unintelligent. Indeed, the majority of the play’s plot-points are contingent upon his overall lack of intelligence. In many ways, then, it is a play about a man who doesn’t have the intellectual capacity to make his way through the world without getting himself into unnecessary altercations. In the absence of adequate reasoning and logical cognition, he turns to violence and aggression, which are celebrated in the ultra-masculine environment of the stokehole. Unsurprisingly, these aggressive tendencies eventually get Yank into trouble. However, it’s worth noting that he does try several times throughout the play to “think,” despite the fact that his fellow stokers discourage him from doing so. As such, O’Neill intimates that all humans—even those who discount the life of the mind—naturally engage in certain forms of philosophical inquiry. And since Yank dies largely because no one helps him work through his problems in a levelheaded way, it’s reasonable to say that The Hairy Ape outlines the dangers of ostracizing people because of their lack of intelligence.
The stokers who populate The Hairy Ape are aggressive and raucous, often resorting to violence to resolve even the most insignificant disagreements. This, O’Neill intimates, is simply a function of the hyper-masculine environment in which they exist, as he describes the stokehole in chaotic, visceral terms; “The room is crowded with men,” he writes in his opening stage note, “shouting, cursing, laughing, singing—a confused, inchoate uproar swelling into a sort of unity, a meaning—the bewildered, furious, baffled defiance of a beast in a cage.” What’s most interesting about this description is O’Neill’s attention to the ways in which chaos and raw energy can form “a sort of unity” and “meaning.” This suggests that calamity and aggression are the governing principles of the stokehole, a place where animalistic “bewilder[ment]” is common, an accepted mode of existence. O’Neill’s use of the word “baffled” is also noteworthy, since it carries connotations of confusion and an overall lack of comprehension, thereby indicating that intellectual thought does not reign supreme in the “furious” atmosphere of the stokehole. Instead, these men are busy “shouting, cursing, laughing, [and] singing,” acting like “beast[s] in a cage” instead of like thoughtful humans.
O’Neill associates this beast-like aggression with intellectual simplicity. This outlook becomes evident when he describes the stokers’ physical appearance, writing, “The men themselves should resemble those pictures in which the appearance of Neanderthal Man is guessed at. All are hairy-chested, with long arms of tremendous power, and low, receding brows above their small, fierce, resentful eyes.” In this passage, O’Neill goes out of his way to portray the stokers as primitive, likening them to Neanderthals, who—although important in the evolution of homo sapiens—were thought to be less intelligent than modern humans. What’s more, O’Neill describes their eyes as “fierce” and “resentful,” two words that suggest they’re capable of sensing their own lack of intelligence, which they “resent” and try to cover up with “fierce” demeanors.
The idea that someone like Yank is capable of recognizing his own intellectual limits is made evident by the fact that he makes a concerted effort to “t’ink” several times throughout the play. As his coworkers drunkenly shout and sing, he says, “Nix on de loud noise. Can’t youse see I’m tryin’ to t’ink?” What, exactly, he’s trying to work out in his head isn’t clear, but the mere fact that he wants to sit by himself and reflect upon something is significant, as it implies that he isn’t entirely averse to intellectual thought. However, the aggressive and wild environment of the stokehole makes it hard for him to do this, especially since his coworkers mock him for trying to “t’ink.” “Drink, don’t think!” they chant until, finally, Long stands up for Yank and defends him by launching into his own thoughts, outlining rather complex ideas about their working conditions. Strangely enough, though, Yank immediately abandons his attempt to think, instead resorting to aggression and turning on Long. “Sit down before I knock yuh down!” he shouts. This exchange confirms that as soon as Yank encounters ideas he doesn’t resonate with, he abandons his attempt to “t’ink” and falls back into his “fierce,” macho persona.
Above all, Yank suffers because no one helps him develop his intellectual capacities. When he leaves the stokehole and ventures into the broader world, the aggression he has used as a crutch renders him unfit for society. As a result, he winds up in jail, and when he’s released, he finds himself with no one to turn to, since his stupidity makes it impossible for him to fit in. This, it seems, is partially why he goes to the zoo and tries to engage in a conversation with a gorilla, hoping that the animal will understand him. This is perhaps the only moment in the entire play that Yank shows his vulnerability by admitting his own lack of intelligence. “Tinkin’ is hard,” he confides to the gorilla. Unfortunately, the gorilla—like everyone else in Yank’s life—doesn’t care (or, in this case, can’t care) about helping him learn to work through his problems in intellectual, non-aggressive ways. And when the gorilla kills Yank, O’Neill underhandedly suggests that the primary tragedy of this man’s life rests on the fact that no one has nurtured his desire to think. In a cruel twist of fate, violence and aggression—the very things Yank uses to compensate for his stupidity—are what kill him, thereby making it impossible for him to “t’ink” at all.
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Aggression and Stupidity Quotes in The Hairy Ape
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Scene One Quotes
The room is crowded with men, shouting, cursing, laughing, signing—a confused, inchoate uproar swelling into a sort of unity, a meaning—the bewildered, furious, baffled defiance of a beast in a cage. […]
The treatment of this scene, or of any other scene in the play, should by no means be naturalistic. The effect sought after is a cramped space in the bowels of a ship, imprisoned by white steel. The lines of bunks, the uprights supporting them, cross each other like the steel framework of a cage. The ceiling crushes down upon the men’s heads. They cannot stand upright. This accentuates the natural stooping posture which shoveling coal and the resultant over-development of back and shoulder muscles have given them. The men themselves should resemble those pictures in which the appearance of Neanderthal Man is guessed at. All are hairy-chested, with long arms of tremendous power, and low, receding brows above their small, fierce, resentful eyes.
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This is O’Neill’s description of the fireman’s forecastle, where Yank and his fellow stokers live when they’re not shoveling coal into the ocean liner’s furnaces. O’Neill goes out of his way to establish the harsh conditions of this environment, outlining the “cramped” nature of the stokers’ accommodations. In doing so, he creates a claustrophobic atmosphere that resembles that of a “cage.” In turn, this prison-like setting is a perfect representation of the ways in which Yank and his coworkers are essentially “wage slaves” (as Long later puts it). What’s also interesting about this description, though, is that O’Neill focuses on 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
Dis is home, see? What d’yuh want wit home? (proudly) I runned away from mine when I was a kid. On’y too glad to beat it, dat was me. Home was lickings for me, dat’s all. But yuh can bet your shoit no one ain’t never licked me since! Wanter try it, any of youse? Huh! I guess not.
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Yank says this after hearing one of his fellow stokers sing a sentimental song about “home.” Insisting that the stokehole is his “home,” Yank reveals his complete devotion to life on the ocean liner. This identification with the life of a stoker makes sense, considering that he had a difficult upbringing. “Home was lickings for me,” he says, making it clear that he has always been around the same kind of violence and aggression that now runs rampant throughout the forecastle. The difference, of course, is that Yank is capable of defending himself as an adult, whereas he was at 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 o
Wanter know what I t’ink? Yuh ain’t no good for no one. Yuh’re de bunk. Yuh ain’t got no noive, get me? Yuh’re yellow, dat’s what. Yellow, dat’s you. Say! What’s dem slobs in de foist cabin got to do wit us? We’re better men dan dey are, ain’t we? Sure! One of us guys could clean up de whole mob wit one mit. Put one of ’em down here for one watch in de stokehole, what’d happen? Dey’d carry him off on a stretcher. Dem boids don’t amount to nothin’. Dey’re just baggage. Who makes dis old tub run? Ain’t it us guys? Well den, we belong, don’t we? We belong and dey don’t. Dat’s all. (A loud chorus of approval. Yank goes on.) As for dis bein’ hell—aw, nuts! Yuh lost your novie, dat’s what. Dis is a man’s job, get me? It belongs. It runs dis tub. No stiffs need apply. But yuh’re a stiff, see? Yuh’re yellow, dat’s you.
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In this passage, Yank criticizes Long for preaching communist ideas about class disparity and capitalist exploitation. Instead of recognizing the ways in which the capital class depends upon but undervalues his work as a laborer, Yank chooses to double down on his identity as a macho stoker. Because of this, he frames Long as cowardly—“yellow”—because of the man’s complaints about the job. For Yank, it’s fulfilling enough simply to know that he’s better at this kind of hard work than any of the bourgeois people in the first “cabin.” “We’re better men dan dey are, ain’t we?” he asks, going 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
Scene Three Quotes
There is a tumult of noise—the brazen clang of the furnace doors as they are flung open or slammed shut, the grating, teeth-gritting grind of steel against steel, of crunching coal. This clash of sounds stuns one’s ears with its rending dissonance. But there is order in it, rhythm, a mechanical regulated recurrence, a tempo. And rising above all, making the air hum with the quiver of liberated energy, the roar of leaping flames in the furnaces, the monotonous throbbing beat of the engines.
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This passage appears at the beginning of Scene Three, when O’Neill’s stage note describes the stokehole. It’s worth paying attention the words he uses to convey the harsh and chaotic experience of being in the engine room: “tumult,” “noise,” “brazen clang,” “grating,” “teeth-gritting grind,” “clash of sounds,” “dissonance.” All of these words or phrases communicate a feeling of intensity and an overwhelming sense of movement. However, O’Neill then says that “there is order” in these sounds—a “rhythm” and “tempo.” As such, he shows the audience how a person like Yank can get used to spending time in an environment that 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 su
He whirls defensively with a snarling, murderous growl, crouching to spring, his lips drawn back over his teeth, his small eyes gleaming ferociously. He sees Mildred, like a white apparition in the full light from the open furnace doors. He glares into her eyes, turned to stone. As for her, during his speech she has listened, paralyzed with horror, terror, her whole personality crushed, beaten in, collapsed, by the terrific impact of this unknown, abysmal brutality, naked and shameless. As she looks at his gorilla face, as his eyes bore into hers, she utters a low, choking cry and shrinks away from him, putting both hands up before her eyes to shut out the sight of his face, to protect her own. This startles Yank to a reaction. His mouth falls open, his eyes grow bewildered.
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After shouting obscenities at an unseen engineer, Yank turns around and sees Mildred standing before him in her white dress. It’s important to note the way that O’Neill describes Yank in this moment, as he uses language that accentuates Yank’s animalistic qualities. For instance, instead of writing that Yank grits his teeth, he says his “lips” are “drawn back over his teeth.” There is something unhuman about this description, and O’Neill takes this one step further when he says that Yank’s eyes are “small” and “gleaming ferociously.” Zeroing in so specifically on Yank’s facial features, O’Neill manages to portray him 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. Perfer
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And there she was standing behind us, and the Second pointing at us like a man you’d hear in a circus would be saying: In this cage is a queerer kind of baboon than ever you’d find in darkest Africy. We roast them in their own sweat—and be damned if you won’t hear some of thim saying they like it! (He glances scornfully at Yank.)
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’Twas love at first sight, divil a doubt of it! If you’d seen the endearin’ look on her pale mug when she shriveled away with her hands over her eyes to shut out the sight of him! Sure, ’twas as if she’d seen a great hairy ape escaped from the Zoo!
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In this passage, Paddy recounts what it was like to watch Mildred react to seeing Yank for the first time. This is an important moment, as Paddy suggests that Mildred looked at Yank as if he were a caged “ape.” Of course, O’Neill has already compared Yank and his peers to monkeys several times, but this is the first time that someone suggests that people outside the stokehole might think of Yank in this way. Indeed, Paddy pretends to be a tour guide at a zoo, pointing out Yank and suggesting that he “like[s]” being “roasted” in his “own sweat”—a 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 soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex con
Scene Five Quotes
LONG—(as disgusted as he dares to be) Ain’t that why I brought yer up ’ere—to show yer? Yer been actin’ an’ talkin’ ’s if it was all a bleedin’ personal matter between yer and that bloody cow. I wants to convince yer she was on’y a representative of ’er clarss. I wants to awaken yer bloody clarss consciousness. Then yer’ll see it’s ’er clarss yer’ve got to fight, not ’er alone. There’s a ’ole mob of ’em like ’er, Gawd blind ’em!
YANK—(spitting on his hands—belligerently) De more de merrier when I gits started. Bring on de gang!
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Walking along Fifth Avenue, Long tries to get Yank to recognize the broader structures of power that oppress him. He urges his friend to stop thinking about his vendetta against Mildred as a personal affair, insisting that she’s only “a representative” of her class. Whereas Yank has trouble seeing beyond the mere fact that Mildred has insulted his pride, Long understands that what happened between them in the stokehole was simply a product of the capitalist system in which they exist. This is why he wants to “awaken” Yank’s “clarss consciousness,” so that his friend can finally recognize the greater 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
LONG—(excitedly) Church is out. ’Ere they come, the bleedin’ swine. (after a glance at Yank’s face—uneasily) Easy goes, Comrade. Keep yer bloomin’ temper. Remember force defeats itself. It ain’t our weapon. We must impress our demands through peaceful means—the votes of the on-marching proletarians of the bloody world!
YANK—(with abysmal contempt) Votes, hell! Votes is a joke, see. Votes for women! Let dem do it!
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As wealthy people stream out of church and onto the sidewalks of Fifth Avenue, Long tries to convince Yank that Mildred is only a “representative” of her class. However, he quickly becomes nervous when he sees the murderous look on Yank’s face, and so he says, “Easy goes, Comrade. Keep yer bloomin’ temper. Remember force defeats itself.” This is an important idea—one that Yank fails to internalize. Indeed, Yank is somebody who often insists that he is “force” itself, which is why he is so eager to prove himself in aggressive and violent ways. This, however, is an ineffective 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
Many police whistles shrill out on the instant and a whole platoon of policemen rush in on Yank from all sides. He tries to fight but is clubbed to the pavement and fallen upon. The crowd at the window have not moved or noticed this disturbance. The clanging gong of the patrol wagon approaches with a clamoring din.
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After Long leaves Fifth Avenue because he’s afraid Yank will get him in trouble, Yank starts trying to pick fights with the people passing him on the sidewalk. However, nobody pays attention to him, so he starts attempting to pull a lamppost out of the ground. As he does this, a rich gentleman runs into him while trying to catch a bus, and Yank takes this opportunity punch him in the face. Despite the tremendous force of his hit, though, the gentleman hardly reacts. He even apologizes for bumping into Yank in the first place, though he goes on to 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
Scene Six Quotes
“They plot with fire in one hand and dynamite in the other. They stop not before murder to gain their ends, nor at the outraging of defenseless womanhood. They would tear down society, put the lowest scum in the seats of the mighty, turn Almighty God’s revealed plan for the world topsy-turvy, and make of our sweet and lovely civilization a shambles, a desolation where man, God’s masterpiece, would soon degenerate back to the ape!”
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In this passage, a prisoner in the cell next to Yank quotes from a newspaper article. This article is the printed version of a speech a senator recently gave to his fellow politicians regarding the supposed dangers of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) labor union. Having heard that Yank wants to harm Mildred’s father, who is president of Nazareth Steel, this prisoner reads this article to Yank, correctly assuming it will inspire him to join the IWW. In this moment, the senator who delivered the speech frames the IWW not as an organization of honest laborers who want 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 ac
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SECRETARY—President of the Steel Trust, you mean? Do you want to assassinate him?
YANK—Naw, dat don’t get yuh nothin’. I mean blow up de factory, de woiks, where he makes de steel. Dat’s what I’m after—to blow up de steel, knock all de steel in de woild up to de moon. Dat’ll fix tings! (eagerly, with a touch of bravado) I’ll do it by me lonesome! I’ll show yuh! Tell me where his woiks is, how to git there, all de dope. Gimme de stuff, de old butter—and watch me do de rest! Watch de smoke and see it move! I don’t give a damn if dey nab me—long as it’s done! I’ll soive life for it—and give ’em de laugh! (half to himself) And I’ll write her a letter and tell her de hairy ape done it. Dat’ll square tings.
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This conversation between the IWW secretary and Yank takes place when Yank tries to join the Industrial Workers of the World. Sensing that Yank doesn’t understand the point of the organization, the secretary asks him what he wants to do once he joins, and Yank admits he wants to harm Mildred’s father. When the secretary asks if he wants to “assassinate” this man, Yank says, “Naw, dat don’t get yuh nothin’.” This is an interesting thing to say, as it suggests that Yank has internalized some of Long’s ideas. Indeed, Long—and, to a certain extent, Paddy—has already tried to impress 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
So dem boids don’t tink I belong, neider. Aw to hell wit ’em! Dey’re in de wrong pew—de same old bull—soapboxes and Salvation Army—no guts! Cut out an hour offen de job a day and make me happy! Gimme a dollar more a day and make me happy! Gimme a dollar more a day and make me happy! Tree square a day, and cauliflowers in de front yard—ekal rights—a woman and kids—a lousy vote—and I’m all fixed for Jesus, huh? Aw, hell! What does dat get yuh? Dis ting’s in your inside, but it ain’t your belly. Feedin’ your face—sinkers and coffee—dat don’t touch it. It’s way down—at de bottom. Yuh can’t grab it, and yuh can’t stop it. It moves, and everything moves. It stops and de whole woild stops. Dat’s me now—I don’t tick, see?—I’m a busted Ingersoll, dat’s what. Steel was me, and I owned de woild. Now I ain’t steel, and de woild owns me. Aw, hell! I can’t see—it’s all dark, get me? It’s all wrong!
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Yank speaks these words after he’s thrown out of the Industrial Workers of the World office. Having tried to join the organization, he discovers that he doesn’t “belong” in this context, and this makes him feel as if no one understands him. Worse, he himself doesn’t understand other people, as evidenced by his failure to grasp why the IWW members want what they want. “Cut out an hour offen de job a day and make me happy!” he says, mocking the idea that such small gestures would ever satisfy him. Indeed, Yank is uninterested in “ekal rights,” upholding that the 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
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On’y yuh’re lucky, see? Yuh don’t belong wit’ em and yuh know it. But me, I belong wit ’em—but I don’t, see? Dey don’t belong wit me, dat’s what. Get me? Tinkin’ is hard—(He passes one hand across his forehead with a painful gesture. The gorilla growls impatiently. Yank goes on gropingly.) It’s dis way, what I’m drivin’ at. Youse can sit and dope dream in de past, green woods, de jungle and de rest of it. Den yuh belong and dey don’t. Den yuh kin laugh at ’em, see? Yuh’re de champ of de woild. But me—I ain’t got no past to tink in, nor nothin’ dat’s comin’, on’y what’s now—and dat don’t belong. Sure, you’re de best off! Yuh a bluff at talkin’ and tinkin’—a’most git away wit it—a’most!—and dat’s where de joker comes in.
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In this moment, Yank speaks to a gorilla in the zoo as if they are the same as one another. Having been jailed by the wealthy and rejected by the Industrial Workers of the World, he feels like he doesn’t “belong” anywhere, which is why he comes to the zoo and tries to fit in with the monkeys. As he speaks to this gorilla, he expresses his envy that the animal doesn’t have to go through the pretenses of blending into human society. “Yuh don’t belong wit’ em and yuh know it,” he says, lamenting the fact that he himself 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 soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Aut tenetur autem. Fugit
