"I’m jus’ wanderin’ aroun’ like a damn ol’ graveyard ghos’…I been goin’ aroun’ the places where stuff happened."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 6. Muley Graves has cut himself off from the world since his home was seized and his family moved to California. Refusing to join them, he lives like a wild animal, roaming the countryside alone, eating and sleeping rough. In a simile he compares himself to a graveyard ghost.