OMAM Flashcards
1
Q
Religious imagery
A
“You hadda George. I swear you hadda. Slim lead George into the entrance of the trail and up the highway”
Alternative:
“Now what the hell ya suppose is eating them two guys.”
“nobody gets to heaven”
2
Q
Rejection of dreams
A
“work up a stake then they go inta town and blow their stake”
“ain’t got nothing to look ahead to”
“i’ll stay all night in some lousy cat house”
3
Q
Lennie’s violence
A
“Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, his hand crushed in Lennie’s paw”
4
Q
Wife’s violence
A
“i could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”
5
Q
wife’s death
A
“her body flopped like a fish and she was still. Lennie had broken her neck”
“She was pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young”
