Chapter 3: Quotations Flashcards
You wouldn’t think it to look at him now, but he was the best damn sheepdog I ever seen
Theme of loneliness vs companionship, Candy’s dog is parallel to Lennie. Both Candy and George are proud of their only companion, even though the rest of society does not value them.
Got a kitchen, orchard, cherries, apples, peaches…An’ when the salmon run up river we could catch a hundred of ‘em…we could live offa the fatta the lan;. We’d jus’ live there. We’d belong there…We wouldn’t have to buck no barley eleven hours a day. An’ if a fren’ some along, why we;d have an extra bunk
Description of the dream ranch in the theme of dreams. it represent a sense of belonging, independence, and companionship. Suggestion of the American Dream. An Idyllic portrayal which suggests the ultimate dream of a paradisiacal state.
When they can me here i wisht somebody’d shoot me…I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs
Candy draws a parallel between himself and his old useless dog to show prejudice against elderly workers
I ought to shoot that dog myself, George
Candy regrets not taking responsibility for his own companion. Foreshadowing how George will take responsibility of killing Lennie even though he will be left lonely
Lennie covered his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror
Lennie’s fight with Curly suggests escalating violence. Animal Imagery suggests that Lennie has huge physical strength which he cannot control
