Of Mice and Men Flashcards
“the meanness…
“the meanness and the planning and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face”
“I can’t…
“I can’t play because I’m black”
“Crooks face…
“Crooks face lighted with pleasure in his torture”
“George won’t…
“George won’t do nothing like that”
“Lennie…
“Lennie obeyed him”
“He lay…
“He lay without quivering”
“Go on…
“Go on George. When are we gonna do it?”
“A guy…
“A guy got to sometimes”
“George’s…
“George’s voice was almost a whisper”
“You can…
“You can almost see the place”
“Me an’…
“Me an’ you.”
“You… an’ me”
“I think…
“I think Curley’s married… a tart”
“We got…
“We got a future”
“Funny how…
“Funny how you an’ him string along together”
“Small…
“Small and quick” “defined”
“Lennie don’t…
“Lennie don’t know no rules”
“This ain’t…
“This ain’t no good place” “It’s mean here”
“Guy don’t…
“Guy don’t need no sense to be a nice fella”
“His glance…
“His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious”
“Like the boss…
“Like the boss he wore high-heeled boots”
“Curley’s like…
“Curley’s like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys.”
“You’re…
“You’re yella as a frog.”
“Guys like us…
“Guys like us that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.”
“I shouldn’t…
“I shouldn’t of let no stranger shoot my dog.”
“Maybe ever’body…
“Maybe ever’body in the world is scared of each other”
“Slim’s…
“Slim’s opinons were law”
“I think you…
“I think you got your han’ caught in a machine”
“Everybody wants…
“Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Jus’ som’thin’ that was his. Som’thin he could live on and there couldn’t nobody threw him off it”
“He moved with…
“He moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen”
“An’ we…
“An’ we got fren’s that’s what we got”
“Full, rouged…
“Full, rouged lips and wide-spread eyes”
“Crooks had…
“Crooks had retreated into the terrible protective dignity of the negro”
“He reads..
“He reads a lot”
“I get awful…
“I get awful lonely”
“Curley came…” “He worked…
“Curley came suddenly to life” “He worked himself into a fury”
“I could of hoed…
“I could of hoed in the garden and washed dishes for them guys”
“The beak…
“The beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically”
“Lady…
“Lady, huh? Don’t even remember who that lady was.”
“Any you…
“Any you boys seen Curley?”
“The whole country’s…
“The whole country is fulla mutts”.
