Of Mice And Men Flashcards

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Quote to show George’s appearance

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“small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features … [with] small, strong hands, slender arms, and thin and bony nose”

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Quote to show Lennie as animalistic and inferior to George

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“Like a terrier who doesn’t want to approach his master”

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Quote to show how George dislikes Lennie

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“if I was alone I could live so easy”

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Quote to show George’s approval of the relationship

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“We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.

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Quote to show how Lennie allowed George to dream

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“He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would”

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Quote to show George’s lost hope in the finale

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“I’ll work my month an’ I’ll take my fifty bucks an’ I’ll stay all night in some lousy cat house.”

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Quote to show Slim’s approval of the euthanasia

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“You had, George. I swear you hadda”

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Quote to show Lennie’s generosity to George

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“But I wouldn’t eat none, George. I’d leave it all for you.”

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Quote to show George and Lennie’s codependency

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“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you”

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Quote to show Lennie’s innate evil

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“pinched their heads a little”

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Quote to show Lennie’s infantility

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“There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he’s so strong”

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Quote to show Candy’s long relationship with his dog

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“Well-hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup”

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Quote to show Candy’s cowardice

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“I ought to of shot that dog myself,”

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Quote to show Curley’s Wife’s loneliness

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“what am I doin’? Standin’ here talkin’ to a bunch of bindle stiffs—a nigger an’ a dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep—an’ likin’ it because they ain’t nobody else”

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Quote to show Curley’s Wife’s dream

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“An’ a guy tol’ me he could put me in pitchers”

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Quote to show Curley’s Wife’s innate compassion and lack of evil

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“the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face.”

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Quote to show Curley’s Wife’s racism and picking-on of the weak

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“I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”

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Quote to show Slim’s status

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“Prince of the ranch”

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Quote to show Slim’s empathisation skills

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“I can tell a mean guy from a mile off”

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Quote to show Slim’s use of white lies

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“I think you got your han’ caught in a machine.”

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Quote to show Slim’s moral code

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“A guy got to sometimes”

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Quote to show Crooks’ inner niceness

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“Crooks scowled, but Lennie’s disarming smile defeated him.”

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Quote to show Crooks’ racial isolation

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“And now there ain’t a colored man on this ranch an’ there’s jus’ one family in Soledad.”

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Quote to show Crooks’ negativity

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“They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their head.”

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Quote to show why Curley is prejudiced against Lennie

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“Curley’s like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys.”

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Quote to show Curley’s aggressiveness

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“He glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie. His arms gradually bent at the elbows and his hands closed into fists.”

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Quote to show Curley’s Wife’s femininity

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“She smiled archly and twitched her body. “Nobody can’t blame a person for lookin’,””

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Quote to show Carlson’s heartlessness

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“Whyn’t you get Candy to shoot his old dog?”

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Quote to show George’s belief in the American Dream

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“We got a future”

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Quote to show George’s parentalesque control over Lennie

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‘Get um Lennie’

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Quote to foreshadow the finale

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‘hide in the brush till I come for you’

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Quote to show Lennie’s violence

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'’Don’t go yellin’ he said, and he shook her’

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Quote to show Lennie’s small amount of morals

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‘I done another bad thing’

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Quote to show Candy’s ability to make the dream a reality

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‘Tell ya what Lennie I been figuring out about those rabbits’

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Quote to show Crooks’ power over Lennie

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‘you go on get outta my room’

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Quote to show Carlson’s lack of empathy

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‘now what the hell ya suppose is eating them two guys?’

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Quote to show lack of companionship given the historical context

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“Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy.”

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Quote to show the natural need for companionship in all men

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“A guy needs somebody-to be near him.”

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Quote to show lack of trust given the historical context

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“You’re all scared of each other, that’s what.”

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Quote to show the workers’ attitude to Curley’s Wife

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“Jailbait set on the trigger”

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Quote to show Lennie’s zoomorphism

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‘his huge paws and bleated with terror’