Studied by 1 person
He wore
high heeled boots
insecure about height - masculine ideology
Seen my
old man
his opening line- dad = power so he is dangerous
He glanced coldly
at George then at Lennie
adverb
analysing their power- new opportunity to abuse power and feel validated
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
Lennie squirmed under
the look and shifted his feet nervously
verb
prey and predator instinicts
Curley lashed
his body around
verb
violent
Curley’s
pretty handy
adjective
dangerous
Curley’s like a lot of little guys.
He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys.
insecure masculine ideology
Seems like Curley
ain’t giving nobody a chance.
absolute term
Curley wins every fight
Won’t ever get canned
cause his old man’s the boss
financial power can do without any punishment
he’s keeping his hand
soft for his wife.
Bravado - sexual object
You won’t tell Curley
nothing i said- Candy
Candy is scared of Curley
Well I didn’t mean
nothing, Slim.
Curley has no power over slim
Curley stepped over
to Lennie like a terrier
similie
Curleys rage
exploded
verb
cholreic- bad tempered
irascible
He stood crying,
his fist lost in Lennies paw
metaphor- strongest
“I’ll kill the
big son-of-a—bitch myself.”
shows how dangerous he is
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