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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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gather up

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00I don't understand the meaning of the last sentence on this paragraph from Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley":02br
00'But where were the others -the ones who would be proud they were of a species with the gray man (white man helping black people against racism) -the ones whose arms would ache to gather up the small, scared black mite?.' 02br
00Someone there to help me?02br
00Thanks in advance, jo. 0-
  

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0 those who would have liked to lift/help the scared black person (small and insignificant to some, as a mite)0-

  • 0 those who would have liked to lift/help the scared black person (small and insignificant to some, as a mite)0-
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0 those who would have liked to lift/help the scared black person (small and insignificant to some, as a mite)0-

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