Quotes Flashcards
Candy’s description of Crooks
“Nice fella too…The Boss gives him hell…He reads a lot”
Crooks’s physical appearance
“His eyes seemed to glitter with intensity… he had thin, pain tightened lips”
Evidence of racial prejudice towards Crooks
“I ain’t wanted in the bunk house… ‘Cause I’m black”
What Crooks says to Curley’s Wife as proof of his pride and independence
“You got no right comin’ in a coloured man’s room”
Evidence of how little power Crooks actually has, and shows that he has learned how to deal with prejudice
“Crooks had reduced himself to nothing”
Describes Crook’s face when taunting Lennie
“lighted up with pleasure”
The word that describes how Crooks recalled being attacked at Christmas last year, when he was let into the bunk house for some Whisky
“relish”
First description of George
“small and quick” with “sharp features”
George’s advice to Lennie about Curley
“You keep away from Curley”
What George tells Lennie when Curley is hitting him
“Get ‘im Lennie”
What Slim says to George about Lennie and George’s response
Slim: “That ain’t no good, George” George: “I know, I know”
Words used by other characters to describe how stupid Lennie is
George: “dumb as hell” CW: “dum-dum” Slim: “cuckoo”
Initial description of Lennie
“Huge man, shapeless of face… and he walked…the way a bear drags his paws”
How Lennie asks George to recite their dream
“Come on George. Tell me. Please, George”
What George says about Lennie’s working abilities
[Lennie] can put up more grain alone than most pairs can”
Evidence of Lennie’s innocence
“I didn’t want no trouble”
Evidence that Lennie cannot control himself, and bases right and wrong on what George thinks
“I done a real bad thing”
Animals Lennie is compared to
Bear (paws)
“snorting into the water like a horse”
Drools over beautiful woman, can’t control animal instincts
Very possessive over his soft pets
Candy walks into the bunk house followed by his struggling dog. This is similar to how George and Lennie first appear
“Strong as a bull”
How Candy explains Curley’s Small Man Syndrome
“He hates big guys…Kind of like he’s mad at ‘em because he ain’t a big guy”
What Candy says about Curley’s glove
“Curley says he’s keeping that hand soft for his wife”
What CW tells Lennie about Curley
“I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella”
Words to describe Curley’s nature
“handy” and “pugnacious”
Evidence of the idea that Curley’s Wife is dangerous from her first appearance
“the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off”
Initial description of Curley’s Wife
She was “heavily made up” and “Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages”
Evidence of how the people CW’s lived with have made her vindictive
“You know what I can do to you if you open your trap?”
Curley’s Wife’s lost dream
“He says he was gonna put me in the movies”
Description of Curley’s Wife when she’s dead
“She was pretty and simple”
Carlson’s stance on Candy’s dog
“ain’t nothing left for him”
The last line of the novella, spoken by Carlson
“Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin’ them two guys?”
Carlson turning on Curley before the fight
“Why’n’t you tell her to stay the hell home where she belongs?”
Carlson’s threat to Curley
“I’ll kick your God damn head off”
Description of Whit, implying he is perhaps doomed to follow in Candy’s footsteps
Shoulders sloped like he is “carrying an invisible grain bag”
Whit excited about the Letter in the magazine
“I wonder if Bill seen it”
Slim’s description
“godlike” and “moved with majesty”
Slim’s natural authority
“The prince of the ranch”
Slim’s social awareness
“understanding beyond thought”
Evidence of how respected Slim is
“all talk stopped when he spoke”
Description of Slim’s hands
“His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer”
Evidence of Slim’s practicality
He drowned four of his dog’s weakest puppies because it couldn’t feed all of them. Reflects how the weak are disregarded in 1930s America
What Candy says when he realises CW was not actually horrible
“Poor bastard”
Candy joining George and Lennie in their dream
“I’d make a will an’ leave my share to you guys”
Candy after his dog was shot. Possible reason why George wanted to shoot Lennie himself
“Candy lay still, staring at the Ceiling”
Candy quote that shows he is doomed
“When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me”
