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Quotes (prompt) Flashcards

1
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George

“You gonna…

Lennie

A

be sick like you was last night”

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George

“Jesus Christ…

Lennie

A

…you’re a crazy bastard

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George

“alone…

Lonliness

A

I could live so easy”

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George

“Ok. Someday -

American dream

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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

“Guys like us…

Lonliness

A

that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world

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George

“Red and blue…

Dreams, Lennie

A

and green rabbits Lennie. Millions of ‘em”

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George

“George was…

Anger

A

working up a slow anger”

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8
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George

“Jesus, what…

CW

A

a tramp”

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9
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George

Words on Curlies Wife

CW

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  • Bitch
  • Poison
  • Jailbait
  • Rat-trap
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George

“I’ve beat

Lennie, Anger

A

…the hell outa him”

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11
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George

George carefully

Loneliness

A

built his line of solitaire cards

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12
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George

“This thing…

American Dream

A

they never really believed in was coming true”

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13
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George

“I want you…

Lennie

A

to stay with me here”

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George

“No Lennie…

Lennie, Anger

A

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

“George let…

After Lennies death

A

himself be helped to his feet”

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16
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Curley

Curley stepped

Power

A

gingerly close to him

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Curley

His glance was

Appearance

A

at once both calculating and pugnacious

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18
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Curley

He’s a

Power

A

lightweight and he’s handy

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Curley

He hates..

Power

A

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

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Q

Curley

Won’t ever…

Power

A

get canned ‘cause his old man’s the boss

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21
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Curley

“Any you guys..

CW

A

seen my wife?”

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22
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Curley

“He ain’t

Appearance

A

a nice fella” (CW)

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23
Q

Curley

“I’m gonna shoot

Power, anger

A

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

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24
Q

Lennie

a huge man,

Appearance

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shapeless of face with large, pale eyes

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25
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Lennie

the way

Appearance

A

a bear drags his paws

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Lennie

Lennie

Companionship

A

(…)imitated George exactly

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27
Q

Lennie

“I got you

Companionship

A

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

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28
Q

Lennie

“live off the

American Dream

A

fatta the lan’”

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29
Q

Lennie

Strong as

Power

A

a bull

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30
Q

Lennie

There ain’t no more

Power

A

harm in him than a kid neither except he’s so strong

31
Q

Lennie

Lennie covered

Disability

A

his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror

32
Q

Lennie

his closed fist

Power

A

was lost in Lennies big hand

33
Q

Lennie

Lennie smiled

Disability

A

helplessly in an attempt to make friends

34
Q

Lennie

Suddenly Lennie’s eyes

Anger

A

, centred and grew quiet, and mad

35
Q

Lennie

Why do you

Disability

A

got to get killed

36
Q

Lennie

Then Lennie grew

Anger

A

angry (with CW)

37
Q

Lennie

I done

Disability

A

a bad thing

38
Q

Carlson

A powerful

Appearance

A

big stomached man

39
Q

Carlson

I can smell

(candys dog)

A

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

40
Q

Carlson

“Shoot him

(Candy’s dog)

A

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

41
Q

Carlson

“Why’n’t

CW

A

you tell her to stay the hell home where she belongs”

42
Q

Carlson

“You’re yella

(Curley,power)

A

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

43
Q

CW

Both men glanced up

Appearane

A

for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off

44
Q

CW

She had..

Appearance

A
  • full rouged lips
  • heavily made up
  • Her fingernails were red
45
Q

CW

(When lennie looks at her)

Appearance

A

She bridled a little

46
Q

CW

She put her hands

Appearance

A

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

47
Q

CW

“they left

(Finding Lennie and Candy and Crooks in barn)

A

all the weak ones here”

48
Q

CW

“I could get you

Racism

A

strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”

49
Q

CW

“I tell you..

Dreams

A

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

50
Q

CW

The meanness..

After death

A

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

51
Q

The Boss

He wore

Appearance

A

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

52
Q

The Boss

“what stake

Lennie and George

A

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

53
Q

Whit

His sloping shoulders

Appearance

A

are bent forward and he walked heavily on his heels, as though he carried the invisible grain bag

54
Q

Whit

Whit found

The magazine

A

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

55
Q

Slim

“I drowned

Power

A

four of them right off” (LuLus puppies)

56
Q

Slim

Slim sighed, “well

After CW death

A

I guess we got to go get him”

57
Q

Slim

“Maybe ever’body

Loneliness

A

in the whole damn world is scared of each other”

58
Q

Slims

“Never you mind”,

After Lennies death

A

said Slim, “A guy got to sometimes”

59
Q

Crooks

“The boss

Said by Candy

A

gives him hell when he’s mad”

60
Q

Crooks

a tattered

Possesions

A

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

61
Q

Crooks

a small electric globe

Light, his room

A

threw a meager yellow light

62
Q

Crooks

he stiffened

When Lennie enters

A

and a scowl came on his face

63
Q

Crooks

Crooks scowled,

When Lennie enters

A

but Lennies disarming smile defeated him

64
Q

Crooks

why ain’t you wanted?”

The Bunkhouse

A
  • “Cause I’m Black”
65
Q

Crooks

Crooks face lighted

Cruelty

A

with pleasure in his torture

66
Q

Crooks

“Guys don’t come..

Loneliness

A

into a coloured man’s room very much”

67
Q

Crooks

“Nobody never

Dreams

A

gets to heaven and nobody gets no land”

68
Q

Crooks

“A guy

Loneliness

A

goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”

69
Q

Candy

“I’ve had him

His dog

A

since he was a pup”

70
Q

Candy

“I ain’t much good

Dreams

A

but I could cook and tend the chickens”

71
Q

Candy

” I shouldn’t have

His dog

A

let no stranger shoot my dog”

72
Q

Candy

Candy joined

Curley

A

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

73
Q

Candy

“You God damn..

Said to CW’s body

A

tramp” he said viciously

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