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17. "It troubled him to get used to the world one way and then suddenly have it turned different." (pg. 34)

There is a contrast here between Hicks and Janie. The same thing that attracts her to Jody makes Hicks not like him. His ability to make change. To Janie, change is good because it is like starting over, but to Hicks, change is bad because it means that something is being fixed that was fine in the first place. To him things will probably turn out worse if you try to change them.