Ajax+Aurore-Alex+S

= Ajax (Albert Jacks) =

Ajax is a young man who is envied for his “magnificently foul mouth”. In Part II of the novel, he develops a relationship with Sula. However, after discovering that Sula wants to "settle down" with Ajax, he runs away from Sula.
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 * (2) make a bullet point list of 2-4 notes (see above**)
 * 21 years old
 * foul-mouthed "sinister beauty"
 * seldom curses, but delivers words in an inimitably nasty way
 * believes in dominance of men over women
 * loves airplanes, as he wants to be free, especially with women
 * sits back and watches women fight over him

“Graceful and economical in every movement, he held a place of envy with men of all ages for his magnificently foul mouth. In fact he seldom cursed, and the epithets he chose were dull, eve harmless. His reputation was derived from the way he handled the words. When he said ‘hell’ he hit the h with his lungs and the impact was greater than the achievement of the most imaginative foul mouth in town.” (50) “[…] and was it true what Ajax said in the Time and Half Pool all? That ‘all they want, man, is they own misery. Ax em to die for you and they yours for life’.” (83) "Ajax blinked. Then he looked swiftly into her face. In her words, in her voice, was a sound he knew well. For the first time he saw the green ribbon. He looked around and saw the gleaming kitchen and the table set for two and detected the scent of a nest. Every hackle on his body rose, and he knew that very soon she would, like all of her sisters before her, put to him the death-knell question 'Where you been?' His eyes dimmed with a mid and momentary regret" (133) "But what was this? Albert Jacks? His name was Albert Jacks? A. Jacks. She had thought it was Ajax. All those years." (135)
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