Curley Quotes Lit Module Flashcards
How is Curley presented as a lonely character?
“You seen a girl around here?” He demanded angrily
“I don’t like Curley”
She was suddenly apprehensive
Curley jumped out the door and banged it after him
“I coulda made something of myself.” She said darkly, “Maybe I will yet.”
CA: “The old man looked cautiously at the door to make sure no one was listening”
How is Curley presented as a violent character?
She was suddenly apprehensive
Then Curley’s rage exploded
Curley stepped over to Lennie like a terrier
“You keep outta thus les’ you wanta step outside”
Curley lashed his body around
CA: Curley was white and shrunken by now, and his struggling had become weak. He stood crying, his fist lost in Lennie’s paw
How is Curley presented as a powerful character?
“Won’t ever get canned ‘cause his old man’s the boss”
The old man looked cautiously at the door to make sure no one was listening
Curley jumped out the door and banged it after him
“Don’t tell Curley I said none of this. He’d slough me”
“Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little clusters, like sausages. She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets of ostrich feathers”
CA: “I think you got your han’ caught in a machine. If you don’t tell nobody what happened, we ain’t going to. But you jus’ tell an’ try to get this guy canned and we’ll tell ever’body, an then will you get the laugh”
How is Curley presented as a dangerous character?
She was suddenly apprehensive
Then Curley’s rage exploded
Curley stepped over to Lennie like a terrier
“You keep outta thus les’ you wanta step outside”
Curley lashed his body around
Curley was white and shrunken by now, and his struggling had become weak. He stood crying, his fist lost in Lennie’s paw
“Won’t ever get canned ‘cause his old man’s the boss”
The old man looked cautiously at the door to make sure no one was listening
Curley jumped out the door and banged it after him
“Don’t tell Curley I said none of this. He’d slough me”
“Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little clusters, like sausages. She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets of ostrich feathers”
CA: “I think you got your han’ caught in a machine. If you don’t tell nobody what happened, we ain’t going to. But you jus’ tell an’ try to get this guy canned and we’ll tell ever’body, an then will you get the laugh”
CA: Curley was white and shrunken by now, and his struggling had become weak. He stood crying, his fist lost in Lennie’s paw
