Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Man Who Was Almost a Man.
Coming of Age Quotes
One of these days he was going to get a gun and practice shooting, then they couldn't talk to him as though he were a little boy. (1)
Power Quotes
Shucks, Ah ain scareda them even ef they are biggern me! […] Ahm going by ol Joe's sto n git that Sears Roebuck catlog n look at them guns. (1)
Men and Masculinity Quotes
Shucks, a man oughta hava little gun aftah he done worked hard all day. (1)
Choices Quotes
One of these days he was going to get a gun and practice shooting, then they couldn't talk to him as though he were a little boy. (1)