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George

Friendship

Chapter 1

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“You gonna be sick like you was last night”

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George

Angry at Lennie

Chapter 1

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“Jesus Christ you’re a crazy bastard

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George

Loneliness

Chapter 1

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“alone I could live so easy”

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George

American Dream

Chapter 1

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“Ok. Someday - we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs”

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George

Loneliness 2

Chapter 1

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“Guys like us that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world

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George

American Dream 2

Chapter 1

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“Red and blue and green rabbits Lennie. Millions of ‘em”

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George

Anger

Chapter 2

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“George was working up a slow anger”

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George

Curleys Wife, Sexism

Chapter 2

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“Jesus, what a tramp”

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George

Words on Curlies Wife

Chapter 2

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  • Bitch
  • Poison
  • Jailbait
  • Rat-trap
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George

Anger

Chapter 3

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“I’ve beat the hell outa him”

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George

Loneliness

Chapter 3

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George carefully built his line of solitaire cards

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George

American Dream

Chapter 3

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“This thing they never really believed in was coming true”

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George

Lennie, Companionship

Chapter 6

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“I want you to stay with me here”

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George

Anger

Chapter 6

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“No Lennie I ain’t mad. I never been mad. and i ain’ now. That’s a thing I want ya to know”

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George

After Lennies death

Chapter 6

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“George let himself be helped to his feet”

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Curley

Power, Fear

Chapter 2

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Curley stepped gingerly close to him

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Curley

Appearance

Chapter 2

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His glance was at once both calculating and pugnacious

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Curley

Power 2

Chapter 2

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He’s a lightweight and he’s handy

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Curley

Power 3

Chapter 2

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He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys

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Curley

Power 4

Chapter 2

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Won’t ever get canned ‘cause his old man’s the boss

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Curley

CW

Chapter 3

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“Any you guys seen my wife?”

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Curley

Said by CW about him

Chapter 5

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“He ain’t a nice fella”

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Curley

Power, anger

Chapter 6

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“I’m gonna shoot the guts out of that big bastard myself even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get him”

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Lennie

Appearance

Chapter 1

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a huge man, shapeless of face with large, pale eyes

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Lennie

Appearance, Animals

Chapter 1

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the way a bear drags his paws

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Lennie

Companionship

Chapter 1

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Lennie (…)imitated George exactly

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Lennie

Companionship 2

Chapter 1

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“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you”

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Lennie

American Dream

Chapter 1

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“live off the fatta the lan’”

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Lennie

Said by George, Power

Chapter 2

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Strong as a bull

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Lennie

Power, Disability

Chapter 3

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There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither except he’s so strong

31
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Lennie

Disability, Animals

Chapter 3

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Lennie covered his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror

32
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Lennie

Power, Size

Chapter 3

A

his closed fist was lost in Lennies big hand

33
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Lennie

Disability, Loneliness

Chapter 4

A

Lennie smiled helplessly in an attempt to make friends

34
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Lennie

Anger

Chapter 4

A

Suddenly Lennie’s eyes, centred and grew quiet, and mad

35
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Lennie

Disability, Blame

Chapter 5

A

Why do you got to get killed

36
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Lennie

Anger, Blame

Chapter 5

A

Then Lennie grew angry (with CW)

37
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Lennie

Disability, Guilt

Chapter 5

A

I done a bad thing

38
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Carlson

Appearance

Chapter 2

A

A powerful big stomached man

39
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Carlson

C Dog, Old age

Chapter 2

A

I can smell that dog a mile away. Got no teeth, damn near blind, can’t eat.

40
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Carlson

C Dog, Old age 2

Chapter 3

A

“Shoot him right in the back of the head”….”he’d never know what hit him”

41
Q

Carlson

CW, Sexism

Chapter 3

A

“Why’n’t you tell her to stay the hell home where she belongs”

42
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Carlson

Said to Curley

Chapter 3

A

“You’re yella as a frog belly.”…“you come for me, an’ I’ll kick your god damn head off”

43
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CW

Appearance, Foreshadowing

Chapter 2

A

Both men glanced up for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off

44
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CW

Appearance, Sexuality

Chapter 2

A

She had..
* full rouged lips
* heavily made up
* Her fingernails were red

45
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CW

Sexuality

Chapter 2

A

She bridled a little

46
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CW

Sexuality 2

Chapter 2

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She put her hands behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward

47
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CW

All Minorities

Chapter 4

A

“they left all the weak ones here”

48
Q

CW

Racism, Violence

Chapter 4

A

“I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”

49
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CW

Dreams

Chapter 5

A

“I tell you I aint used to livin like this. I coulda made something of myself”

50
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CW

Sexism, Beauty, Death

Chapter 5

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The meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face

51
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The Boss

Appearance, Power

Chapter 2

A

He wore high heeled boots and spurs to prove he was not a laboring man

52
Q

The Boss

Companionship, L and G

Chapter 2

A

“what stake you got in this guy? You takin’ his pay away from him?”

53
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Whit

Appearance, Labour

Chapter 3

A

His sloping shoulders were bent forward and he walked heavily on his heels, as though he carried the invisible grain bag

54
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Whit

Dreams, Loneliness

Chapter 3

A

Whit found the place again but he did not surrender his hold on it

55
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Slim

Power, Mercy

Chapter 3

A

“I drowned four of them right off” (LuLus puppies)

56
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Slim

Violence, Companionship

Chapter 6

A

Slim sighed, “well I guess we got to go get him”

57
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Slim

Loneliness

Chapter 2

A

“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other”

58
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Slims

Companionship

Chapter 6

A

“Never you mind”, said Slim, “A guy got to sometimes”

59
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Crooks

Power and Racism

Chapter 2

A

“The boss gives him hell when he’s mad”

60
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Crooks

Posessions

Chapter 4

A

a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905

61
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Crooks

Light

Chapter 4

A

a small electric globe threw a meager yellow light

62
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Crooks

Companionship

Chapter 4

A

he stiffened and a scowl came on his face

63
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Crooks

Companioship, Lennie Childish

Chapter 4

A

Crooks scowled, but Lennies disarming smile defeated him

64
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Crooks

Racism, Loneliness

Chapter 4

A

why ain’t you wanted?” - “Cause I’m Black”

65
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Crooks

Power

Chapter 4

A

Crooks face lighted with pleasure in his torture

66
Q

Crooks

Loneliness, Racism (2)

Chapter 4

A

“Guys don’t come into a coloured man’s room very much”

67
Q

Crooks

Dreams

Chapter 4

A

“Nobody never gets to heaven and nobody gets no land”

68
Q

Crooks

Loneliness

CHapter 4

A

“A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”

69
Q

Candy

Dog, Old age

Chapter 3?

A

“I’ve had him since he was a pup”

70
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Candy

Dreams, Old age

Chapter 3

A

“I ain’t much good but I could cook and tend the chickens”

71
Q

Candy

Mercy, Dog

Chapter 3

A

” I shouldn’t have let no stranger shoot my dog”

72
Q

Candy

Candy joined

Chapter 3

A

Candy joined the attack with joy. “Glove fulla vaseline” he said disgustedly

73
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Candy

Blame, CW

Chapter 6

A

“You God damn tramp” he said viciously

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