Crooks Flashcards
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Intelligent
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He reads a lot of books in his room
He had a pair of large gold rimmed spectacles
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Discrimination/ isolation
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In it a range of medicine bottles, both for himself and for the horses
They let the nigger in that night-Candy
Epithets
Connotes letting in a dog
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Loneliness
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A guy needs somebody to be near him…a guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody
Ellipses connotes to silence, silence connotes to loneliness
3rd person shows he doesn’t want to admit his loneliness yet still confides to Lennie
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Pain
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He had thin pain tightened lips
Life dominated by pain
Pain of only black man
Pain of busted back
Managed to rise above the pain
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Themes
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Pain
Loneliness
Intelligent
Discrimination
