Curley Flashcards

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Always fighting

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'arms gradually bent at the elbows'
'stiffened into a slight crouch'
'glance was at once calculating and pugnacious'
'lashed his body around'
'lightweight' 
'handy'
'done quite a bit in the ring'
'Curley jerked out'
'looked threateningly about the room'
'les' you wanta step outside'
'terrier'
'Curley's rage exploded'
'balanced and poised'
'jus' the ol' one-two an' he'll go down'
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George and Lennie

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‘glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie’
‘eyes passed over the new men and he stopped’
‘stared levelly at him’

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Personality

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Blasphemes often - ‘By Christ’, ‘What the hell?’

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Power status

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‘Well nex’ time you answer when you’re spoke to’
‘Ain’t givin’ nobody a chance’
‘won’t ever get canned ‘cause his old man’s the boss’
‘bounced in’
‘demanded’
‘high heeled boots’ (like his father)

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View of friendship

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‘Oh, so it’s that way’

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Lennie

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‘hates big guys’
‘Curley gon’ta wanta get ‘im lynched. Curley’ll get ‘im killed’
‘that big son-of-a-bitch done it’
‘I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself’

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Other’s opinions

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'son-of-a-bitch'
'mean little guy'
'punk'
'angry little man'
'I hate his guts'
'dirty little rat'
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His wife

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‘cockier’n ever since he got married’
‘glove fulla vaseline’
‘keepin’ that hand soft for his wife’
‘Curley’s pants is full of ants’
His wife : ‘he got it comin’ to him’, ‘sometimes I’d like to bust him myself’ ‘I can’t talk to nobody but Curley, else he gets mad’ ‘I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella’
‘Maybe you better stay here with your wife’

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Fight with Lennie

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‘flopping like a fish’
‘white and shrunken’
‘the punk sure had it comin’ to him’
‘avoided looking at Lennie’

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Physical appearance

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'head of tightly curled hair'
'little'
'thin young man'
'brown face'
'brown eyes'
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