Crooks quotes Flashcards

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I can get you

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I can get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny

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How does Crooks respond to Curley’s wife’s threat

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Yes ma’am

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3
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I read

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I read plenty of books out here

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What books do Crooks read and what does it imply.

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Tattered dictionary and a copy of the California civil code for 1905 - Crooks is unable to use his knowledge for bigger things because of the extreme amounts of prejudice during this era or maybe that he’s a permanent asset to the ranch

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Give the

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Give the stable-buck hell

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Nobody never

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Nobody never get to heaven, nobody never gets no land

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But what

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But what if George don’t come back?

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Proud…

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Proud and aloof

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9
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The negro

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The negro stable buck had his bunk in the harness room

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10
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Negro

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Negro stable-buck

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11
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They

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They say I stink

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This is just

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This is just a ni** talkin’, an’ a busted back ni**. So it don’t mean nothing, see?

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I ain’t wanted

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I ain’t wanted in the bunk house and you ain’t wanted in my room

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