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Warden Ackerly is the former warden of Salina. During his time as warden, he imposed strict and racist rules, including frequent corporal punishment. When Duchess escapes Salina, he tracks down Ackerly to settle the debt he believes Ackerly owes him for his mistreatment. He beats Ackerly with a skillet, and at the end of the novel Ackerly is alive but in poor condition.
Warden Ackerly Quotes in The Lincoln Highway
The The Lincoln Highway quotes below are all either spoken by Warden Ackerly or refer to Warden Ackerly. 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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7. Duchess (2)
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I felt a surge of tender feelings for the old man in a manner that made my hands sweat. But if the Bible tells us that the sons shall not have to bear the iniquity of the fathers, then it stands to reason that the fathers should not get to bear the innocence of the sons.
So I hit him.
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3. Emmett
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[O]f all the boys whom Emmett had known at Salina, he would have ranked Duchess as one of the most likely to bend the rules or the truth in the service of his own convenience. But in the end, Duchess was the one who had been innocent. He was the one who had been sent to Salina having done nothing at all. And he, Emmett Watson, had ended another man’s life.
What right did he have to demand of Duchess that he atone for his sins? What right did he have to demand it of anyone?
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Warden Ackerly Quotes in The Lincoln Highway
The The Lincoln Highway quotes below are all either spoken by Warden Ackerly or refer to Warden Ackerly. 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:
).
7. Duchess (2)
Quotes
I felt a surge of tender feelings for the old man in a manner that made my hands sweat. But if the Bible tells us that the sons shall not have to bear the iniquity of the fathers, then it stands to reason that the fathers should not get to bear the innocence of the sons.
So I hit him.
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Explanation and Analysis:
3. Emmett
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[O]f all the boys whom Emmett had known at Salina, he would have ranked Duchess as one of the most likely to bend the rules or the truth in the service of his own convenience. But in the end, Duchess was the one who had been innocent. He was the one who had been sent to Salina having done nothing at all. And he, Emmett Watson, had ended another man’s life.
What right did he have to demand of Duchess that he atone for his sins? What right did he have to demand it of anyone?
