George Flashcards

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Ambition/ American dream

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living offa the fatta the lan

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2
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evidence that George may not be realistically trying to achieve his dream

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only have ‘ten bucks’ between them

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4
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Indication of doom for the start

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title - ‘Of Mice and Men’

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5
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Immediately described as the

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‘First man’

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Father like

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‘… don’t drink so much … you gonna be sick’

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7
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defending Lennie

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‘Lennie ain’t mean’

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Soothes Lennie

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with the American dream, their own farm

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9
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Short tempered, calls Lennie a …

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‘Crazy bastard’

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Imagining times without Lennie

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‘When I think of the crazy time I’d have without you, I go nuts’

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11
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Controlling Lennie through fear

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‘Please don’t do that. George’ll be mad’

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12
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Relies on friendship with Lennie

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‘I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you’

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13
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Hints towards loneliness

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Continuously playing ‘solitaire’

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