George Flashcards
Ambition/ American dream
living offa the fatta the lan
evidence that George may not be realistically trying to achieve his dream
only have ‘ten bucks’ between them
Indication of doom for the start
title - ‘Of Mice and Men’
Immediately described as the
‘First man’
Father like
‘… don’t drink so much … you gonna be sick’
defending Lennie
‘Lennie ain’t mean’
Soothes Lennie
with the American dream, their own farm
Short tempered, calls Lennie a …
‘Crazy bastard’
Imagining times without Lennie
‘When I think of the crazy time I’d have without you, I go nuts’
Controlling Lennie through fear
‘Please don’t do that. George’ll be mad’
Relies on friendship with Lennie
‘I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you’
Hints towards loneliness
Continuously playing ‘solitaire’