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Buck Young is a student at Cornell University. Although he’s studying to be an engineer, he plays football for fun with his fraternity. Doctor Roseberry—the university’s football coach—sees him play one day and is astounded by his talent, but Buck refuses to halt his studies in order to join the team (students aren’t allowed to play college sports). Eventually, though, Roseberry convinces him to quit engineering school, wooing him away with a high salary.
Buck Young Quotes in Player Piano
The Player Piano quotes below are all either spoken by Buck Young or refer to Buck Young. 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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Chapter 28
Quotes
“What have you got against machines?” said Buck.
“They’re slaves.”
“Well, what the heck,” said Buck. “I mean, they aren’t people. They don’t suffer. They don’t mind working.”
“No. But they compete with people.”
“That’s a pretty good thing, isn’t it—considering what a sloppy job most people do of anything?”
“Anything that competes with slaves becomes a slave,” said Harrison thickly, and he left.
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Buck Young Quotes in Player Piano
The Player Piano quotes below are all either spoken by Buck Young or refer to Buck Young. 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:
).
Chapter 28
Quotes
“What have you got against machines?” said Buck.
“They’re slaves.”
“Well, what the heck,” said Buck. “I mean, they aren’t people. They don’t suffer. They don’t mind working.”
“No. But they compete with people.”
“That’s a pretty good thing, isn’t it—considering what a sloppy job most people do of anything?”
“Anything that competes with slaves becomes a slave,” said Harrison thickly, and he left.
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Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
