quotation Flashcards
George - “laid down his cards thoughtfully”
sense of loneliness carried by almost every character in the novel and most other typical ranch workers at the time the novel is set.
candy - ‘The old swamper shuffled to the door’
shows the disability of candy
George - “never been mad”
This shows that despite his tone which can sometimes sound angry, he values his friendship with Lennie and would never want them to be separated from each other.
George - “hide in the brush”
emphasises George’s ability to foresee complications as it foreshadows the ending of the novel and shows that George knows from the beginning that he and Lennie will never achieve the dream.
George - “I got you to look after me”
This shows that despite his frustration, George trusts Lennie to stay loyal to him and him to Lennie.
Lennie - “he dabbed his big paw in the water”
childish behaviour and suggests that he has a mental disability because it is the sort of thing that a child would do
Lennie
1) “smiled happily”
2) “broke into a delighted smile”
3) “looked timidly”
Lennie described as gentle and harmless?
Symbol of mouse to lennie
These are innocent creatures which tend to try to go unnoticed in the wild or in a society as they know it is better for them to help them stay away from danger. However, Lennie may seem soft and defenceless but he is dangerous because he does not realise the true outcomes of his actions until it is too late.
America dream - “both ends the same”
This symbolised the typical situation and that the dream will not come true because it is somehow “set in stone” that the workers cannot end up in a better situation at the end of the novel than they were in before the novel.
curley & sexim - “I know who done it?”
He has a beautiful wife that appeals to many of the workers, yet he shows no affection. This is shown when she dies and the first thing Curley says when he sees her is “I know who done it?” This shows that he sees his wife as a possession and he feels the anger of a possession getting taken away
Curley - “glove’s fulla Vaseline”
Curley to show off to other men in the ranch about the fact that he has a wife and they don’t, however Steinbeck uses this to display that it was very rare for men working on a ranch to have a wife as they were always moving around and working.
Crooks - “They play cards in there but I can’t play because I’m black”
shows the rasicsm he is facing emphasis that he is physical isolate with others. Also shows where crooks has been discriminated against
Crooks - He has a crooked spine from his manual labour
This is a physical feature that creates smpathy to crooks. Shows the difficuty of him woring on the ranch and also suggets that he havbeing working very hard and long time on the ranch.
Crooks - “you got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room”
show crooks insisting upon his rights, emphysis the imprtance of rights for Crooks and he is being very sensitive about it.
Slim - “Prince of the ranch”
masterful, strong, fair-minded, practical, non-talkative, and exceptionally good at what he does. He is a god among men, and his word on any subject is law.
