Loneliness Flashcards
George is not lonely until he has to kill lennie
“George sat stiffly on the bank and looked at his right hand”
Lennie is too innocent to understand loneliness, but only has george
“He stood up and walked dangerously towards crooks”
Lennie was the only one curleys wife could talk to and he kills her
“But you’re kinda a nice fella”
“For lennie had broken her neck”
Cw’s Unhappy relationship with her husband
“Sure I got a husband…swell guy ain’t he?”
Cw is the only woman on the ranch
“Think I don’t like to talk to somebody every once in a while?”
Candy only had his dog that was shot 2
“He was the best damn sheepdog I ever seen”
“Maybe tomorrow, let’s wait till tomorrow”
Candy doesnt want to be less useful because of his age and isolation
“You’ll let me hoe the garden even if I ain’t good and it”
Crooks lives in forced solitude
“S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse and play rummy”
Crooks has turned bitter from his loneliness
“He kept his distance and demanded other people kept theirs”
