Quotes for George Flashcards
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest huys in the world.”
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reflects on isolation experienced by migrant workers
“I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. that aint no good. They done have no fun. After a long time they get mean. They get wantin’ to fight all the time”
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explains the damaging effect of prolonged loneliness
“Guys like us… They aint got nobody in the worl’ that gives a hoot in hell about em”
shares isolation of the ranch workers
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the work… but not us”
emphasises that G+L unique bond which contrasts isolation of other workers
“We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us”
explains how freindship gives them hope and a sense of belonging
“If i was alone, i could live so easy. I could get a job an’ work an’ no trouble”
laments burden of caring for lennis, but his loyalty always previals
“We kinda look after eachother.”
simply sums up their relationship, emphasising their mutual dependence and care
“We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us” - freedom and confinment
expresses the dream of freedom through their shared vision of owning land, contrasting it with the confinment of their current life as a migrant worker
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no familt. They dont belong no place.” - freedom and confinment
George reflects on the rootless confinement of a life spent working ranch to ranch without stabilit or freedom
'’If i was alone, i could live so easy. i could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble” - freedom and confinment
Geroge imagines a life free from the responsibility of caring for lennie, but the emptiness of this imagined freedom suggests an emotional confinment
“I gotta, we gotta”
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when george kills lennie, it symbolises the crushing reality of confinment - dream of freedom dies along with lennie
(Geroge + Lennie) - “I done another bad thing.” - “i dont make no difference”
george reassures lennie before his death, acknowledging the moral complexity of lennies actions and the injustice of his fate
“I think i knowed from the first. i think i knowed wed never do her”
George reflects on the unattainbility of thei dream, suggesting that the world in inherently unjust their efforts were always doomed
“Leggo of him, Lennie. Let go.”
George panicked order to lennie during the fight emphasises the constant presesnce of violence in the world
“If i was alone, i could live so easy. i could get a job, an’ not jave no mess”
Geroges frustration reveals lennies dependnece on him, showing lennies mental weakness affects noth their lives
