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1

He wore

high heeled boots

  • insecure about height - masculine ideology

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2

Seen my

old man

  • his opening line- dad = power so he is dangerous

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3

He glanced coldly

at George then at Lennie

  • adverb

  • analysing their power- new opportunity to abuse power and feel validated

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4

He stiffened and went into a slight crouch.

His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious

  • adjective

  • immediately in fighting position. Feels the need to intimidate

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5

Lennie squirmed under

the look and shifted his feet nervously

  • verb

  • prey and predator instinicts

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6

Curley lashed

his body around

  • verb

  • violent

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7

Curley’s

pretty handy

  • adjective

  • dangerous

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8

Curley’s like a lot of little guys.

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

  • insecure masculine ideology

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9

Seems like Curley

ain’t giving nobody a chance.

  • absolute term

  • Curley wins every fight

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10

Won’t ever get canned

cause his old man’s the boss

  • financial power can do without any punishment

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11

he’s keeping his hand

soft for his wife.

  • Bravado - sexual object

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12

You won’t tell Curley

nothing i said- Candy

  • Candy is scared of Curley

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13

Well I didn’t mean

nothing, Slim.

  • Curley has no power over slim

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14

Curley stepped over

to Lennie like a terrier

  • similie

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15

Curleys rage

exploded

  • verb

  • cholreic- bad tempered

  • irascible

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16

He stood crying,

his fist lost in Lennies paw

metaphor- strongest

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17

“I’ll kill the

big son-of-a—bitch myself.”

  • shows how dangerous he is

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