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Roo hired Johnnie to replace Tony Moreno in the cane fields up north. He's a young, strong, and burly man. Roo soon found that Johnnie was stronger and faster than he was, which resulted in a fierce sense of rivalry and finally, a fight. Johnnie was made "ganger" after Roo left and for much of the play, Roo describes Johnnie as a good-for-nothing upstart. When Johnnie appears in person, he's kinder, more sensible, and infinitely more emotionally intelligent than Roo made him out to be. He encourages Roo to shake hands and honestly wants to get on Roo's good side. When Barney tries to set Johnnie up with Bubba, Johnnie takes it into his own hands and steals Bubba's heart by asking her for her real name. Like Pearl, Johnnie is disillusioned by what he finds at the house. He finds it drab and not at all like Roo and Barney said it was.
Johnnie Dowd Quotes in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll quotes below are all either spoken by Johnnie Dowd or refer to Johnnie Dowd. 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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Act 1, Scene 1
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Not as good as Roo when he's fit, mind yer, but he could run rings round the best of us. And this time he even made Roo look like a has-been. I never seen Roo git so mad, in no time at all he made it like a running fight between 'em, tryin' to git the better of this kid.
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Act 2, Scene 2
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Oh, of course I've never been here, it's just the reputation that's been built up among the boys. I reckon you could say it's almost famous, up north.
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H-how can I? All that's happened in a house makes a feeling—you can't tell anyone that. It's between people.
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Bubba? Is that what they call you? Seems to me they're keeping you in the cradle, too. What's your real name?
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Yes, and so was he. Both of us sloggin' it out under the sun! Are you tryin' to say that's the same thing as this—a job in a paint factory? Are you?
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Act 3, Scene 1
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He might have been drinking, and this morning he might have forgotten like you said, but this is the only chance I've ever had of comin' close to—I dunno—whatever it is I've been watchin' all these years. You think I'd give that up?
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Johnnie Dowd Quotes in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll quotes below are all either spoken by Johnnie Dowd or refer to Johnnie Dowd. 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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Act 1, Scene 1
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Not as good as Roo when he's fit, mind yer, but he could run rings round the best of us. And this time he even made Roo look like a has-been. I never seen Roo git so mad, in no time at all he made it like a running fight between 'em, tryin' to git the better of this kid.
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Act 2, Scene 2
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Oh, of course I've never been here, it's just the reputation that's been built up among the boys. I reckon you could say it's almost famous, up north.
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H-how can I? All that's happened in a house makes a feeling—you can't tell anyone that. It's between people.
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Bubba? Is that what they call you? Seems to me they're keeping you in the cradle, too. What's your real name?
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Yes, and so was he. Both of us sloggin' it out under the sun! Are you tryin' to say that's the same thing as this—a job in a paint factory? Are you?
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Act 3, Scene 1
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He might have been drinking, and this morning he might have forgotten like you said, but this is the only chance I've ever had of comin' close to—I dunno—whatever it is I've been watchin' all these years. You think I'd give that up?
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