OMAM characters Flashcards
George quotes(5)
“we kind look after eachother”
“guys like us are the loneliest”
“we travel together”
“well do her”
“i think i knowed from the very first. i think i knowed wed never do her” (about the dream)
george symbolism and themes
symbolises: struggles and sacrifices of migrant workers, responsibility, loyalty, companionship and impact of hardships on relationships
themes: TGD, hopes and dreams, migrant workers, friendships
lennie quotes(7)
“a huge man”
“bear drags his paws”
“dabbled his big paw”
“well, hes a cuckoo”
“you broke it pettin it”
“i never meant no harm george”
“about the rabbits”
lennie symbolism and themes
symbolism: vulnerability of disabled in TGD
themes: tgd, migrant workers, hopes and dreams, friendshp, iso and loneliness
curleys wife quotes(6 + nicknames)
“i couldve made somethin of myself”
“you aint wanted here”
“her body flopped like a fish”
“i get so lonely”
“shes gonna make a mess”
“heavily made up with hair curled like sausages”
nicknames: bitch, tramp, rat trap, poison, jailbait
curleys wife symbolism and themes
symbolism: women in 1930s with no opportunities, unattainable dreams during TGD
themes: TGD, hopes and dreams, isolation and loneliness
candy quotes (4)
“i wish somebodyd shoot me if i were old n crippled”
“out of the sleeve came a stick like wrist, but no arm”
“all but old candy”
“candy lay still, staring at his ceiling”
candy and candys dog symbolism and themes (4)
candy symbolism: marginalised and disabled in TGD
dog symbolism: what happens to those who outlive usefulness
themes: TGD, hopes and dreams, iso and loneliness, friendship
Curley quotes(5)
“what the hell you laughin at?”
“any you guys seen my wife”
“ill kill him myself”
“im glad you bust up curley”
“his fist lost in lennies paw”
curley symbolism and themes
symbolism: power dynamics, need for dominance represents challenges those face in competitive environments
themes: TGD, migrant workers
crooks quotes
“i aint wanted”
“why aint you wanted? cause im black”
“a guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody”
“well you should keep your place”
“guys dont come inside a coloured mans room”
“you got no right to come in my room
crooks symbolism and themes
symbolism: marginalised peeps facing racial discrimination and isolation. experiences represent broader racism themes
themes: TGD, racism, iso and lone, hopes and dreams
racism context (5 + quote):
TGD: blacks suffered more than whites, harder to find jobs and experience racism
DISCRIMINATION: had to use diff facilities to whites
KKK lynched black people openly but didnt get in trouble as law favoured white people
slavery abolished 1833 but still discrimination
jim crow laws: races lived separately
“i could get you strung up on a tree so easy it aint even funny”
TGD context
wALL STREET CRASH:
1929
wage income down 43%
25% (12 000 000) of nations workforce unemployed
50% kids no food or shelter
of mice and men title meaning
poem by robert burns about a mouse whose carefully build nest in a wheat field is destroyed by a ploughman
“the best planned schemes of mice and men often go wrong”
life is unpredictable, we are vulnerable to tragedy, parallel with george and lennie’s dreams failed
