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Parental Concerns About Relationships
Mr. Stamper
Been out with that little Loomis girl?
Bud
Yes, Sir. I—I'm—
Mr. Stamper
She's watchin herself with you now, ain't she, Son? You—you're not doin anything, Boy, you're gonna be ashamed of, are you?
Bud
Oh; no, Sir. I—I tell you, what I—
Mr. Stamper
Oh, she's a nice kid, Son; she's a good-looker. I known her folks ever since—well, old Dell and I were boys together. I got nothin against em, Bud, cause they're poor; I'm not a snob or anything like that: the only difference between me and Dell is that I got ambition.
Mr. Stamper
But, if—
Bud
Well, Dad I—
Mr. Stamper
—if anything was to happen, you'd have to marry her. You—you'd have to marry her, Son; you realize that, don't you?
Bud
Uh—
Mr. Stamper
You get a girl in trouble and you gotta take the consequences.
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The Paradox of Youth and Fear
Taglines
There is a miracle in being young...and a fear.
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Confronting Family Expectations and Personal Struggles
Ginny
Why don't you quit trying to pretend you're so pure and righteous?
Bud
If you weren't my sister--
Ginny
If I weren't your sister, you wouldn't do anything. You never do anything except what Dad tells you. Isn't that right, Deanie? You been finding that out, haven't you? He just lets things torment him inside and make him miserable and he never does anything about them. He never does anything.
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A Father's Encouragement in Uncertain Times
Bud
Dad, I'm gonna marry Deanie.
Mr. Stamper
Whoa now, Son.
Bud
I don't really want to go to Yale. I'm not a very good student.
Mr. Stamper
What do you mean you're not a good student? Boy, you can do anything you set your mind to do.
Bud
I'd like to go away to a good agricultural college for a couple of years. I'd really like to do that, Dad. I could come right back here and I could take over your ranch just south of town.
Mr. Stamper
Ranching's no life.
Bud
I could marry Deanie. I could take her off to college with me. That's what I really want. She'd be a big help to me, Dad.
Mr. Stamper
I spent my life trying to create a place of importance for you in this world then you come home telling me you want to marry some little girl!
Bud
It's what I want that counts.
Mr. Stamper
Son, a boy your age doesn't even know what he wants. After you've had a college education, then you might change your mind.
Bud
A college education will take me four years.
Mr. Stamper
Trust me.
Bud
I do trust you, but--
Mr. Stamper
Trust me, trust me this time, son.
Bud
I trust you, Dad. I do trust you, but four years--
Mr. Stamper
Listen to me now.
Bud
But, Dad...
Mr. Stamper
Son, all I'm asking you to do is to finish Yale. And then if you still want to marry the li'l Loomis girl, you come back here and you marry her, boy, with my blessing. I'll send you both off to Europe for a honeymoon. Bud, please wait, son!
Bud
I just don't know if I can, Dad! I feel like I'm going nuts sometimes.
Mr. Stamper
I understand, Son. Your old man understands, Son. What you need for the time being is a different kind of girl. When I was a boy, son, there was always two kinds of girls. Us boys - we-we'd never even mention them in the same breath. But every now and then, one of us boys'd sneak off with a girl - and we'd get a little steam outa our system.
Bud
Dad, Dad, no girl looks good to me except Deanie.
Mr. Stamper
I know.
Bud
I love her, Dad!
Mr. Stamper
I know, son, I know!
Bud
See, I don't want to do that. OK. I'll go to Yale. But I want you to know that I'm gonna marry her as soon as I get out. That's a promise.
Mr. Stamper
I want you to remember that.
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A Unique Love Story Unfolds
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A LOVE STORY UNLIKE ANY OTHERS !!
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The Uncertainty of Life and Upbringing
Mrs. Loomis
You know, it would be nice if children could be born into this world with an absolute guarantee that they were going to have just the right kind of bringing up and all lead happy, normal lives. Well, I guess when we get born, we just all have to take our chances.
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The Pain of Young Love
Bud
I'm pretty nuts about Deanie Loomis.
Doc Smiley
I don't blame you.
Bud
I mean, I love her. And she loves me. But it's no fun to be in love. It hurts. Every time that we're together I have to remember things. You know what I mean?
Doc Smiley
Oh, yes.
Bud
I just can't go back to seeing her again. Not like the way we were doing. We'd go out every night and I'd hold her and I'd kiss her and...I'd just go home. I mean, a guy can go nuts that way.
Doc Smiley
I don't know how to advise you, Bud.
BUd
My dad said that I should get another kind of a girl. But when you don't really want another girl...I don't know.
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Moments of Tragedy and Splendor
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It's unrelenting moments, Its tragedies and splendors!
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Finding Strength in What Remains Behind
Deanie Loomis
] Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower,We will grieve not; rather findStrength in what remains behind.
[voiceover, quoting [[William Wordsworth|Wordsworth's; [Ode: Intimations of Immortality]
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Unrequited Feelings in a Complex Relationship
Bud
You're nuts about me, aren't you? You're nuts about me....
[After making out a while, he begins to touch her below the waist]
Deanie
No, Bud...
Bud
At my feet, slave.
[He pushes her down to her knees in front of him.]
Deanie
Bud, don't.
Bud
Tell me you love me.
Deanie
Bud, you're hurting me.
Bud
Tell me you can't live without me. Say it.
Deanie
I do.
Bud
You do what?
Deanie
I do love you.
Bud
And you can't live without me...And you'd do anything I'd ever ask you, anything.
Deanie
I-I'd do anything for you.
[fearfully]
Bud
Deanie, I didn't mean to hurt you. Deanie, Deanie! Deanie, I was just kidding. Look, I'm the one who should go down on his knees to you, Deanie. Deanie, I was just kidding. I thought you knew that.
Deanie
I can't kid about these things. Because I am nuts about you, and I would go down on my knees to worship you if you really wanted me to. Bud, I can't get along without you. And I would do anything you'd ask me to. I would! I would! Anything!
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Unspoken Worries Between Mother and Daughter
Mrs. Loomis
What's been the matter the past few days?
Deanie
I'm sorry I've troubled you. I don't want to worry you. I don't want to worry anyone.
Mrs. Loomis
Is it all on account of...because of Bud? Because he doesn't call for you anymore?
Deanie
I don't know. I don't know, Mom.
Deanie
Don't you dare! Don't you dare, Mom! Don't you dare! Don't you dare!...No, Mom! Momma, if you do something like that, I'll do something desperate! I will, I will, Mom! I will!
Mrs. Loomis
Deanie, how serious had you and Bud become? I mean, well, you know what I mean. Deanie - had he - had anything serious happened? Did he - did he spoil you?
Deanie
Spoil??? Did he spoil me? No. No, Mom! I'm not spoiled! I'm not spoiled, Mom! I'm just as fresh and I'm virginal like the day I was born, Mom!
Mrs. Loomis
Stop it! Stop it!
Deanie
I'm a lovely virginal creature who wouldn't think of being spoiled! I've been a good little girl, Mom! I've been a good little, good little, good little girl! I've always done everything Daddy and Mommy tell me. I've obeyed every word. I hate you, I hate you, I HATE YOU!
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A Tense Conversation Between Deanie and Bud
Deanie
Bud, please Bud, please.
[making sexual advances]
Bud
Deanie, cut it out.
Deanie
Now, Bud.
Bud
Deanie, you're a nice girl.
Deanie
I'm not. I'm not a nice girl.
Bud
Come on, cut it out.
Deanie
I just can't go on like this anymore.
Bud
Now come on, Deanie, we're gonna go back inside.
Deanie
No.
Bud
Come on.
Deanie
No. I don't want to go back inside...I wanna stay here with you...I want you.
Bud
This isn't the way it should be.
Deanie
Why? Why not? Why not? Why don't you, Bud? Why don't you?
Bud
Deanie, you're not yourself. Deanie, where's your pride?
Deanie
My pride? MY PRIDE!!
[He slaps her face as she becomes hysterical]
Bud
Stop it, Deanie! Stop!
Deanie
Oh, God. I haven't any pride. I HAVEN'T ANY PRIDE!
Bud
Oh God, Deanie, what am I gonna do with you?
[He hugs her]
Deanie
I don't care what you do. I don't care what happens. I haven't any pride. I just want to die. I just want to die.
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Reflections on Marriage and Happiness
Bud
I married Angie when I left New Haven. You know I didn't even finish my first year there?
Deanie
She's real nice.
Bud
She was wonderful to me when things started to go wrong.
Deanie
You're happy, Bud?
Bud
I guess so. I don't ask myself that question very often now. How about you?
Deanie
I'm getting married next month.
Bud
Are you, Deanie?
Deanie
A boy from Cincinnati. I think you might like him.
Bud
Things work out awful funny sometimes, don't they?
Deanie
Yes, they do.
Bud
Hope you're gonna be awful happy.
Deanie
Like you, Bud, I don't think too much about happiness either.
Bud
What's the point? You gotta take what comes.
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A Mother's Concern for Her Daughter's Reputation
Mrs. Loomis
What were you and Bud doing all this time, for Heaven's sake?
Deanie
We were stu—udying together. I'm going to bed, Mom; I'm awful tired.
[''Awkward, suspicious pause.'']
Mrs. Loomis
Deanie. Now, Wilma Dean.
Mrs. Loomis
Deanie. I want to talk to you. Now, Wilma Dean, Bud Stamper could get you into a whole lot of trouble—and you know how I mean. Boys don't respect a girl they can go all the way with: boys want a nice girl for a wife. Wilma Dean, you and Bud haven't gone too far already, have you?
Deanie
No, Mother.
Mrs. Loomis
Tell me the truth, Wilma Dean.
Deanie
No, Mom; we haven't gone too far.
Mrs. Loomis
That's a relief.
Deanie
Mom.
Mrs. Loomis
Mhm?
Deanie
Is it so terrible to have those feelings about a boy?
Mrs. Loomis
No nice girl does.
Deanie
Doesn't she?
Mrs. Loomis
No. No nice girl.
Deanie
But, Mom, didn't—didn't you ever—well, I mean didn't you ever feel that way about Dad?
Mrs. Loomis
Your father never laid a hand on me until we were married. And, then, I—I just gave in because a wife has to. A woman doesn't enjoy those things the way a man does. She just lets her husband come near her in order to have children. Deanie, what's troubling you?
[Deanie stands with her back toward her mother]
Deanie
Oh, nothing, Mom.
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