The Question and Answer section for The Hairy Ape is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Born on the Brooklyn waterfront to a longshoreman father, Robert “Yank” Smith, ran away from home to escape beatings and his parents' fighting. He also worked on the waterfront until he shipped off as a stoker, thus beginning the only life he has...
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Belonging is a motif through this book. To Yank, "belonging" means something more than the traditional meaning. Yanks equates belonging with power and breaking down social strata. He sees belonging as a function more than a state of...