Question
"I could go with that show. But my ol lady
wouldn't let me. She says becausewas
on'y fifteen. But the guy says I coulda. If
I'd went, I wouldn't be livin' like this, you
bet." (Steinbeck 88)
Answer
The character's wife didn't allow him to go to the show because he was only fifteen, but he regrets not going because he believes it could have changed his life.