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You Can't Take It with You · 1938 — 第 25 / 27 章 · 2'47" · B1

Tony Quits the Family Business, Explained：hang on to

Tony walks into his father's office and says, "I'm quitting," handing in his resignation. A.P. Kirby, who has planned his son's whole career, cannot take it in: "You're quitting?" Tony explains he never wanted the business and will leave town instead.

あらすじ

Tony comes to his father's office to resign. He tells A.P. Kirby that he has handed in his resignation, that he only kept the job while waiting for things with Alice to be settled, and that he never wanted the business. He plans to go away, and maybe return to the college research he loved.

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注目の表現

weak sisterhand inhang on tostraighten out

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このシーンの表現

hang on to

keep hold of

Tony explains he meant to keep the job until things with Alice were settled.

Hang on to your receipt in case of a return.

このシーンの他の表現

  • weak sister

    a weak, timid person

  • hand in

    submit formally

  • straighten out

    sort out

  • fool around with

    tinker with, play around with

  • get it out

    manage to say it

このシーンのメモ一覧

39 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B2take something hard

taking it badly

- He's taking it kind of hard. Isn't he? - Always was a weak sister.
発音kind of

Kind of weakens to kinda in speech.

- He's taking it kind of hard. Isn't he? - Always was a weak sister.
スラング · B2weak sister

a weak, timid man — Dated and cutting; never say it to someone's face.

- He's taking it kind of hard. Isn't he? - Always was a weak sister.
表現 · B1sound crazy to someone

seemed insane

Sounded crazy to me.
表現 · B1start things

get things going

Go upstairs and start things. I'll be up in a minute.
表現 · A2in a minute

very soon

- But they're waiting. - I'll be up in a minute.
表現 · B1go on forever

continue endlessly

They go on forever.
表現 · B2there's more to something than that

it is more complex

There's more to it than that.
表現 · B1get through with something

finish dealing with

When I get through with them upstairs, there will be a new president.
文法 · B1who that's going to be

embedded question: The embedded question keeps statement order after who.

- Do you know who that's going to be? - Dad, I know you're going to be busy, so I...
発音handed in

Handed in links the d into the next word.

I just handed in my resignation.
表現 · A2for a long time

for ages

I've been thinking about it for a long time...
表現 · A2go away for a while

leave for some time

I think I'll go away for a while.
表現 · B1hang on to something

keep hold of

Tony explains he meant to keep the job until things with Alice were settled.

I'm was going to hang on to my job until this thing with Alice got all straightened out but that's all over, so...
表現 · B2straighten something out

sort out

Tony says he meant to wait until everything with Alice was sorted out first.

I'm was going to hang on to my job until this thing with Alice got all straightened out but that's all over, so...
表現 · B2there's no use doing something

no point waiting

There's no use waiting around for that.
表現 · B2fool around with something

tinker with, play around with

Tony brings up an old college project he and Bob Smith tinkered with.

You remember that thing Bob Smith and I fooled around with in college?
発音fooled around

Fooled around runs the d into around.

You remember that thing Bob Smith and I fooled around with in college?
スラング · B2fooled around

tinkered casually — Casual for tinkering; with a person it turns romantic.

You remember that thing Bob Smith and I fooled around with in college?
表現 · B1any part of something

any involvement in

I don't want any part of this, Dad.
文法 · A2I never did

pro-verb did: Did stands in for the earlier verb phrase to avoid repeating it.

I never did.
表現 · B1be good for someone

suits someone

I think this business is great. It's good for you because you like it.
表現 · B2get something out

manage to say it

Tony says he has tried many times to say it but the words never came out.

I've tried to talk to you many times about it, but I just couldn't get it out.
文法 · B1I've tried to talk

present perfect: The present perfect marks repeated attempts continuing up to now.

I've tried to talk to you many times about it, but I just couldn't get it out.

「Tony Quits the Family Business」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is the film's quietest rebellion: a son refusing an inheritance. A.P. Kirby has spent years planning Tony's life, and his first response is disbelief — "You're quitting?" — followed by the appeal to duty: "You can't do this, after all the plans I made for you." Tony does not shout; he says simply, "I don't want any part of this, Dad. I never did," and admits the harder truth, that he was afraid to speak: "I just couldn't get it out." What he wants instead is the old college problem about how grass stores the sun's energy, the same research that connects him to the Sycamores' world of doing what you love. The scene is the mirror of Alice's story: both young people leave what was handed to them, choosing an uncertain freedom over a safe inheritance.

Theme

Family conflictA son refuses the career his father built for him, and the father hears it as betrayal after all his plans.
IdentityTony chooses what he actually wants over the role he was handed, saying he never belonged in the business.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The resignation is a fact before it is an argument.
  • A parent's plans meet a son's quiet refusal.
  • Saying it out loud takes more courage than quitting.
  • The old college project is a door back to himself.

発音のポイント

  • kind of — Kind of weakens to kinda in speech.
  • handed in — Handed in links the d into the next word.
  • fooled around — Fooled around runs the d into around.
I don't want any part of this, Dad.

Tony's flat refusal of the family business, stated without apology or drama.

I've tried to talk to you many times about it, but I just couldn't get it out.

The admission behind the resignation: he was too afraid to say all this to his father before.

You can't do this, after all the plans I made for you...

A.P. Kirby's appeal, where his son's life is treated as a project already designed and owed to him.

I think this business is great. It's good for you because you like it.

Tony's fairness to his father: the business suits the father, and that is exactly why it does not suit the son.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Tony quit the family business?

He never wanted it. He says plainly that he does not want any part of banking, and had only stayed while waiting for things with Alice to be settled.

How does A.P. Kirby react?

With disbelief and hurt: he repeats "You're quitting?" and argues that after all the plans he made for his son, Tony cannot simply refuse.

What does Tony plan to do instead?

He will go away for a while to get organized, and hopes to return to the college research about how grass stores the sun's energy.

Why did Tony keep the job so long?

He meant to hang on to it until the situation with Alice was straightened out, and once that ended there was no reason to wait any longer.

How does the scene mirror Alice's choice?

Both young people walk away from the life that was handed to them — Alice from a marriage she cannot fit into, Tony from an inheritance — for an uncertain freedom.

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