Curley Flashcards
Always fighting
'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'
George and Lennie
‘glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie’
‘eyes passed over the new men and he stopped’
‘stared levelly at him’
Personality
Blasphemes often - ‘By Christ’, ‘What the hell?’
Power status
‘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)
View of friendship
‘Oh, so it’s that way’
Lennie
‘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’
Other’s opinions
'son-of-a-bitch' 'mean little guy' 'punk' 'angry little man' 'I hate his guts' 'dirty little rat'
His wife
‘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’
Fight with Lennie
‘flopping like a fish’
‘white and shrunken’
‘the punk sure had it comin’ to him’
‘avoided looking at Lennie’
Physical appearance
'head of tightly curled hair' 'little' 'thin young man' 'brown face' 'brown eyes'