Of Mice And Men Flashcards
Curley’s wife:dreams 2
All her dreams like crooks and looking backwards. This makes all her dreams no longer achievable and therefore gives her no hope or joy.
“Could have been” “ would have been”
“He says I could have” “ I coulda sat”
Curley’s wife: dreams
“She looked up at Lenny and made a small grand gesture to show she could act” - puts her below Lenny, like she is trying to prove herself to him, which is really sad because he is a very low down character and shows that even though she is more intelligent, being a woman automatically puts her below Lenny. “Small and grand”juxtaposed also creates an odd comical effect. “To show” shows that she feels the need to prove herself which makes the reader feel sorry for her rather than impressed as she intended.
George quotes
“Restless eyes and sharp, strong features”
“ if he finds out what a crazy bastard you are we won’t get a job”
“ but if he sees you work , we’re set”
“ I could get along so easy and so nice”
“ George snapped his fingers”
“ George’s voice took on the tone of confession”
“ do I have to sock you”
“ jerked around”
“George exploded”
“ slim looked approvingly at George for giving the compliment”
“ George sat entranced with his own picture”
“ well you guys get outta here”
“ his face was as hard and tight as
wood and his eyes were hard” - hard now they are not restless
“ cat house- lousy cat house”
“ his feet dragged heavily” - like Lennie
At the end george starts repeating after Lennie, he starts to be the one who is repeating stuff to get himself to hope
“Threw it from him”
Curleys wide quotes
” funny if I catch one man alone”
“ body was thrown forward”
“ acting playfully”
“ suddenly apprehensive”
“ think I don’t like to talk”
“ you’re the new guys ain’t ya”
“ I’ll try to catch him”
“ and then her words tumbled out, before her listener could be taken away”
“ if you could ever”
“ small grand gesture to show she could act”
“ little finger trailed grandly after the rest”
“ looked up at Lennie”
“ I could have, would have, coulda been, woulda been”
“ if you can’t take care of your own goddamn wife”
“ that gets Lennie all mixed up”
“ rabbits and tells the law she’s been raped”
“ curls like sausages”
“Ostrich feathers”
“ her eyes were closed and all the pain and ache of loneliness were gone”
“ if she is to be noticed at all”
“ everbody knew you’d mess things up”
Slim quotes
“Like the others he wore blue jeans and a short denim jacket”
“Slim don’t need to wear no high heeled boots”
“Authority was so great it was taken on every subject”
“ nobody don’t know what slim can do”
“ did I show you this slim”
“ god like eyes”
“ George’s voice took on the tone of confession”
“ slims word was law”
“ followed the stablebuck out of the room”
“ n***** to him”
“ if you can’t take care of your own goddamn wife”
“ drowned four of them straight off she couldn’t feed that many”
“ slim followed the stable buck out of the room”
“ he stood up and the spell was broken”
“ you hadda do it”
“ large and lean but delicate as a temple dancer”
“ no one don’t know what slim can do”
Lennie quotes
” looked over to see if he had done it just right”- suggests George is right little kid innocence.
“ please George tell me”
“ George’s voice became deeper, he repeated the words like he had done so many times before”
“ look George look what I done”
“ I didn’t wanna hurt him Lennie cried” “ George gonna let me tend the rabbits”
“ do I have to sock you”
“ George snapped his fingers and Lennie dropped the mouse in his hand”
“ dabbled his big paw”
“ long gulps like a horse”
“ I ain’t sure it’s good water”
“ his follower nearly ran over him”
“ he never lifted a finger against me”
“ Lennie growled back to his seat on the nail keg”
“ Lennie sensed his advantage” Lennie is the only one who overcomes loneliness. Steinbeck suggesting that Lennie’s contentment is something that is rare and special in 1930s America. It sets him apart.
“ I saw your light”
“Why ain’t ya wanted”
“ Lennie explained earnestly”
Candy quotes
Vessel for themes
Gossip eyes for audience not necessarily steinbecks but he obviously thinks candy is a valid first impression. “ tart” “ don’t tell curley”
Injured fears. “ carried the push broom in his left hand” “they’ll can me purty soon”
Candy and his dog, friendship but also negative shows the helplessness of the American dream “ he was the best sheepdog I ever had”
Loneliness he feels safer when George is taking down Curley’s wife “ he felt safe now he had drawn a derogatory statement from George”
Dreams give him the power to be like Slim “he was master of the situation” “he said gently”
Dream goes back to beginning
“ he covered his face with his arm”- reduced to a child even though ironically he still has to face the fact he is old.
“ old candy”
“ eyes blinded with tears” he can’t see the dream anymore
“ he is left behind again” cyclic
“ old candy lay down in the hay”
Like his dog
