"Gives ya a funny feelin’ to be hunted like. I’m gittin’ mean."
"Ever’body’s gittin’ mean," said Pa. "Ever’body. You seen that fight today. Fella changes. Down that gov’ment camp we wasn’ mean."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 26. With police hunting for Tom Joad who has to remain hidden in the truck, Ma remarks that she is getting mean. Pa comments that everybody is getting mean since they left the peace of the government migrant camp.