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Also known as “King,” Barlo is a Black man who make a living picking cotton and occasionally falls into religious trances. Esther Crane witnesses one of these trances when she is a child. During World War I, Barlo makes a fortune in cotton, and he returns to the small Georgia town where Esther lives many years later with fancy clothes and a nice new car to show for it. Barlo is also with the narrator of “Becky” when Becky’s shack collapses, killing her.
Barlo Quotes in Cane
The Cane quotes below are all either spoken by Barlo or refer to Barlo . 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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13. Esther
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“—but his head was caught up in th clouds. An while he was agazin at th heavens, heart filled up with th Lord, some little white-ant biddies came an tied his feet to chains. They led him t th coast, they led him t th sea, they led him across th ocean an they didnt set him free. The old coast didnt miss him, an the new coast wasnt free, he left the old-coast brothers, t give birth t you an me. O Lord, great God Almighty, t give birth t you an me.”
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Barlo Quotes in Cane
The Cane quotes below are all either spoken by Barlo or refer to Barlo . 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:
).
13. Esther
Quotes
“—but his head was caught up in th clouds. An while he was agazin at th heavens, heart filled up with th Lord, some little white-ant biddies came an tied his feet to chains. They led him t th coast, they led him t th sea, they led him across th ocean an they didnt set him free. The old coast didnt miss him, an the new coast wasnt free, he left the old-coast brothers, t give birth t you an me. O Lord, great God Almighty, t give birth t you an me.”
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