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Quotes that will hopefully be useful for the exam
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"You'd drink out of a gutter if you was thirsty." - George
Desperation: 'gutter'
"I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land." - Crooks
Loneliness: 'books'
"I remember the rabbits, George." - Lennie
Childishness: 'rabbits'
"Think I'd let you carry your own work card?" - George
Power: 'work card'
"I'd lay out in the sun and nobody'd hurt me" - Lennie
Loneliness/Power difference: 'lay out'
"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place." - George
Loneliness: 'guys'
"But not us! An' why? Because . . . because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why." - Lennie
Friendship: 'but'
"An' live off the fatta the lan'." - Lennie
Independence: 'live'
"No . . . you tell it. It ain't the same if I tell it." - Lennie
Dependence: 'tell it'
"A guy on a ranch don't never listen nor he don't ast no questions." - Candy
Loyalty/Acceptance: 'a guy'
"After a long time they get mean. They get wantin' to fight all the time." - George about solitary ranch men to Slim
Loneliness: 'mean'
"I been around him so much I never notice how he stinks." - Candy page 45
Connection: 'stink'
"She's a jail bait all set on the trigger." - George to Whit
Foreshadowing: 'trigger'
"If I say something, why it's just a (******) sayin' it." - Crooks to Lennie
Discrimination: 'just a'
"No... Nobody'd listen to us." - Candy
Hopelessness: 'nobody'd'
"I should of knew... I guess maybe way back in my head I did." - George
Distraction: 'head'
"...he ain't never raised his han' to me with a stick. He's nice to me." - Lennie
Innocence: 'stick'
"You can't remember nothing that happens, but you remember ever' word I say." - George page 102
Dependence: 'can't'
"They ain't got nobody in the worl' that gives a hoot in hell about 'em" - George to Lennie about solitary ranch men
Loneliness: 'hoot'
"I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." - Candy
Friendship: 'shot'
"He kept his distance and demanded that other people kept theirs." - Steinbeck about Crooks
Loneliness: 'distance'
"Lennie's disarming smile defeated him." - Steinbeck about Crooks
Companionship: 'defeat'
"Lennie's a nice fella." - Crooks
Companionship: 'fella'
"I seen your light. I thought I could come in an' set."
Companionship/hope: 'light'
"If you don't want me I can go off in the hills an' find a cave. I can go away any time." - Lennie
Motif/Dehumanisation: 'cave'
“I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy.” - the boss
Using someone/suspicion: ‘trouble’
“Won’t ever get canned ‘cause his old man’s the boss.” - Candy
Power: ‘canned’
“Ever’body says what a game guy Curley is” and “oughtta pick somebody his own size.” - Candy
Power/dominance: ‘game’ and ‘size’
“big paws”, “live in a cave”, “Slowly, like a terrier”, “snorting into the water”
Descriptions of Lennie like an animal
“reduced himself to nothing… no personality, no ego” - Steinbeck about Crooks
Power/weakness: ‘ego’
“How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” - Curley’s wife
Isolation/Connectedness: ‘talk’
“he’s a pretty nice fella. Gets pretty mad sometimes, but he’s pretty nice.” - Candy about the boss
Power/respect: ‘mad’
"his authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love."
Power/respect: ‘politics’
“Ain’t many guys that travel around together… maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”
Companionship: ‘scared’