Of Mice and Men Quotes Flashcards
What does Candy say the boss does to Crooks? (racism)
‘The boss gives him hell when he’s mad’
What does Candy say when he goes into Crooks’ room? (racism)
‘I been here a long time, an’ Crooks been here a long time. This’s the first time I ever been in his room’
What does Crooks say when Lennie goes into his room? (racism)
‘I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room’
How does Curley’s wife threaten Crooks? (racism)
‘I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny’
What does Lennie say about itinerant workers? (loneliness)
‘Guys like us, … are the loneliest guys in the world’
How does Curley react to hearing that George and Lennie travel together? (loneliness)
‘Oh, so it’s that way’
What does Crooks say about friendship to Lennie? (loneliness)
‘It’s just the talking. It’s being with another guy. That’s all’
What does George tell Lennie about them being different from the other guys? (loneliness) (the dream)
‘With us it ain’t like that. We got a future.’
What does Lennie repeatedly say about their dream? (the dream)
‘We could live off the fatta the lan’
What does Crooks say about the dream? (the dream)
‘Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land’
What did CW says about her dream? (the dream)
‘I coulda made something of myself’
What does Candy say about Curley’s Wife in relation to other men? (sexism)
‘she got the eye’
What does George call CW? (sexism)
‘jailbait’
What does Candy call CW after she dies? (sexism)
‘You God damn tramp, you done it, din’t you?’
What does Candy say he wishes would happen when he gets old? (ageism)
‘I wish somebody’d shoot me if I got old an’ a c****e’
What does Candy say will happen to him when he gets older? (ageism)
‘They’ll put me on the county’
How is Candy’s dog described? (ageism)
‘Stinks like hell’, ‘Got no teeth, damn near blind, can’t eat’
What does Carlson think should be done to Candy’s dog? (ageism)
‘Why’n’t you get Candy to shoot his old dog?’
Where does Crooks live? (setting)
‘A little shed leaned off the wall of the barn’
How does Slim greet Crooks?
‘Oh! Hello, Crooks. What’s a matter?’
Who comes into Crooks’ room?
‘Guys don’t come into a colored man’s room very much. Nobody been here but Slim.’
How does Slim move?
‘moved with great majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen’
What status does Slim have?
‘the prince of the ranch’
Did people listen to Slim?
‘his authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love’
