English quotes for OMAM

flexible quotes to remember

"We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us"

Companionship and the Dream - Contrast and Inclusive pronouns

“An’ live off the fatta the lan’”

Hope and self-sufficiency - Symbolism and Motif

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

Crooks exposing the futility of the dream - Hyperbole and Repitition

"The Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green."

Opening imagery and symbolism of peace

"The shade climbed up the hills toward the top."

Foreshadowing Lennie’s death - Natural imagery and Personification

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

motif of loneliness - hyperbole

"A proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs."

Crooks’ isolation through racism - Characterisation

“I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.”

Curley’s wife and gendered isolation - dialogue

"Slim's opinions were law"

Slim’s natural authority - metaphor and hyperbole

“Curley’s like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys.”

Curley’s insecurity and aggressive power - Characterisation and generalisation

"George raised the gun and steadied it... and he pulled the trigger."

Tragic ending completing circular structure - Stage-like structure

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

Zoomorphism foreshadows his own hunted fate

"The way a bear drags his paw."

Lennie’s animal like strength and innocence