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Powell Schofield is a farmer from Kansas whose car breaks down on the way to Chicago, Illinois. He is Sarah Schofield’s husband, Mother Beal’s son-in-law, and Maybeth’s father. Mr. Schofield and his family are stranded in Hopersville, a shantytown near the Minnesota River. Mr. Schofield struggles with alcoholism, but he proves the strength of his willpower and the transformative power of compassion when quits drinking and turns his life around after Odie gives him some money to take his family the rest of the way to Chicago.
Mr. Powell Schofield Quotes in This Tender Land
The This Tender Land quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Powell Schofield or refer to Mr. Powell Schofield. 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 38
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We played some tunes together. My repertoire was broader than his, but we knew a few of the same melodies, and as we played, folks came away from their own little places and gathered around the fire. And a kind of miracle happened, or what I thought of then as a miracle. One man brought out a sack of ginger cookies and passed them around to children who were there. Someone else offered up a jug of cider. Apple slices appeared and some cheese and bread. And while Captain Gray and I played, and a few of the folks who knew the tunes sang along, the people in the gathering, none of whom had much, found a way to feed one another.
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Chapter 43
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“Drink’s a tough devil to face down. I seen it lay lots of good men low. But, Buck, here’s the thing. If you never make that kind of bet, you’ll never see the good that might come from it.”
“You think it wasn’t a bad idea?”
“Like your brother said, could turn out you’re throwing good money after bad. But me, I admire your leap of faith.”
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Mr. Powell Schofield Quotes in This Tender Land
The This Tender Land quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Powell Schofield or refer to Mr. Powell Schofield. 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 38
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We played some tunes together. My repertoire was broader than his, but we knew a few of the same melodies, and as we played, folks came away from their own little places and gathered around the fire. And a kind of miracle happened, or what I thought of then as a miracle. One man brought out a sack of ginger cookies and passed them around to children who were there. Someone else offered up a jug of cider. Apple slices appeared and some cheese and bread. And while Captain Gray and I played, and a few of the folks who knew the tunes sang along, the people in the gathering, none of whom had much, found a way to feed one another.
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Chapter 43
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“Drink’s a tough devil to face down. I seen it lay lots of good men low. But, Buck, here’s the thing. If you never make that kind of bet, you’ll never see the good that might come from it.”
“You think it wasn’t a bad idea?”
“Like your brother said, could turn out you’re throwing good money after bad. But me, I admire your leap of faith.”
