Quotes for crooks Flashcards
“A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody”
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Imagery: The phrase “goes nuts” provides a vivid image of the mental det
It shares the human need for companionship
“I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their nindles on their back an; that same damn thing in their head. Hunderds of them. They come, an’ they quite an’ go on; an; every damn one of ‘em’s got a little peice of land in his head. An; never a God damn one of ‘em ever gets it.”
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Repetition: The word “hundreds” is repeated to stress the vast number of
shares how hopelessness and cyclical nature of loneliness among migrant workers
“I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick”
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directly connects loneliness with the mental and emotional deterioration
“S’pose you didnt have nobody. S’pose you couldnt go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘ cause you was black”
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highlights racial discrimination which emphasizes his isolation
“I aint wanted in the bunkhouse, and you aint wanted in my room”
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initaily resists Lennies company showing negative effects of isolation
“A guy needs somebody - to be near him”
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shows desire for companionship and the negative effects of isolation
A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he aint go nobody” - freindship
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recognises value of G+L’s freindship and the emotional support that it provides
“Geroge can tell you screwy things, abd it doesnt matter. It’s just the talking. Its just bein’ with another guy. Thats all”
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crooks acknowledges the importance of freindship and longs for someone to talk to
“Why aint you wanted?” Lennie asked. “Cause im black. They play cards in there, but i cant play becuase im black”
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Lennies question to crooks reveals his innocence and inability to understand the racial prejudice that crooks faces on the ranch
“S’pose you didnt have nobody. S’pose you couldnt go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘ cause you was black” - freedom and confinment
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crooks highlights his confinment due to tacial segregation and exclusion from social spaces
“Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land”
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crooks dismisses the dream of freedom through ownership, suggesting it’s an unreachable ideal for men like them
“A guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody. Dont make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you”
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crooks talks about loneliness with mental confinment, showing how isolation can trap your mind
“Nobody ever gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land” - justice
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crooks saying this reflects a broader sense of social injustice and the unlikelihood of achieving fairness of equity
“they play cards in there, but i cant play because im black. they say i stink” - prejudice
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crooks highlights the racial discrimination he faces, which isolates him form the ranch workers
“S’pose you couldnt go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘ cause you was black. How’d you like that?”
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crooks challenges lennie to understand the lonelines and injustice caused by racial prejudice
