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Becky is a White woman who lives in a small town and has two sons by an unidentified Black man. Because of this interracial relationship, she is shunned by both the Black and White communities. She lives in a tiny shack by the train tracks until her sons grow up and leave. She dies when her shack collapses on her.
Becky Quotes in Cane
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Becky had one Negro son. Who gave it to her? Damn buck nigger, said the white folks’ mouths. She wouldnt tell. Common, God-forsaken, insane white shameless wench, said the white folks’ mouths. Her eyes were sunken, her neck stringy, her breasts fallen, till then. Taking their words, they filled her, like a bubble rising—then she broke. Mouth setting in a twist that held her eyes, harsh, vacant, staring…Who gave it to her? She wouldnt tell. Poor Catholic poor-white crazy woman, said the black folks’ mouths. White folks and black folks built her a cabin, fed her and her growing baby, prayed secretly to God who’d put his cross upon her and cast her out.
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Becky Quotes in Cane
The Cane quotes below are all either spoken by Becky or refer to Becky . 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:
).
4. Becky
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Becky had one Negro son. Who gave it to her? Damn buck nigger, said the white folks’ mouths. She wouldnt tell. Common, God-forsaken, insane white shameless wench, said the white folks’ mouths. Her eyes were sunken, her neck stringy, her breasts fallen, till then. Taking their words, they filled her, like a bubble rising—then she broke. Mouth setting in a twist that held her eyes, harsh, vacant, staring…Who gave it to her? She wouldnt tell. Poor Catholic poor-white crazy woman, said the black folks’ mouths. White folks and black folks built her a cabin, fed her and her growing baby, prayed secretly to God who’d put his cross upon her and cast her out.
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