omam quotes

"You go on get outta my room. I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my room." (67)

CROOKS SAID TO LENNIE WHEN LENNIE CAME INTO CROOK'S ROOM because Lennie saw a light. Crooks said this because he feels that if he is not welcome in the bunkhouse, why should he welcome Lennie into his room. This fits into the themes of LONELINESS AND ISOLATION. Because Crooks is alone in his room all the time, he doesn't know how to act when people come into his room. His first reaction is to kick Lennie out because no one from the bunkhouse but Slim has ever come to his room before. This is important because it shows how BLACK people were treated at ranches. Crooks was a nice guy but he was not welcome in the bunkhouse, and was never really acknowledged until this point and he didn't know how to react. RACIAL HANDICAP (Maddie)

"I seen the guys that go around on ranches alone. That ain't no good. They don't have no fun. After a long time they get mean. They get wantin' to fight all the time."

This quote directly points to the loneliness that plauges the migrant workers not only in the Great Depression, but in the present day and throughout history. GEORGE SAYS this in a CONVERSATION WITH SLIM about how it is uncommon for migrant workers to have companionship. LONELINESS is one of the hanicaps or disabilities Steinbeck touches upon with this novel, and it's important because each of the characters battles with a handicap in this novel. Loneliness is the handicap that all of the characters share and this quote points out the obvious. Stereotype that migrant workers are LONELY. Beingg a migrant worker is a handicap. (Aidan)

"God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want."

GEORGE SAYS TO LENNIE how easy his life would be without him. George wouldn't have to make sure Lennie stays out of trouble, and he would be able to make a much better living for himself. However George still acknowledges the fact Lennie is important to him because he keeps him company. COMPANIONSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP (Sam)

"You're nuts." Crooks was scornful. "I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their backs and the same damn thing in their heads." (72)

CROOKS SAYS TO LENNIE IN CROOKS' ROOM after hearing Lennie's description of his land with rabbits. Crooks states that so many men have had this DREAM, but none of other actually achieve their goal. This statement FORESHADOWS future events for Lennie and George and goes with the theme of the AMERICAN DREAM. This is important because George describes the land to Lennie to look forward to some place as they work, but when Crooks tells Lennie that the dream will never be accomplished, Lennie is confused and hints of oncoming events to follow. (Justin C)

"S'pose George don't come back no more. S'pose he took a powder and just ain't coming back. What'll you do then?" (69).

This quote was SAID BY CROOKS the Stable Buck TO LENNIE when the rest of the workers on the ranch LEFT FARM TO GO TO TOWN. Crooks wants Lennie to feel the same way he does everyday. Theme has to do with LONELINESS AND ISOLATION. Crooks is trying to show Lennie what it feels like to have NO COMPANIONSHIP. (Mark + Keileh)

"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to." (15)

GEORGE SAYS TO LENNIE. Lennie asks him if he can "tell him like he done before" and George agrees. Throughout the book, Lennie asks George to say the same story over and over again because he gets excited by the idea that him and George look out for each other and that he "gets to tend the rabbits". RITUAL This quote is the story of a MIGRANT WORKER HANDICAP. The importance of this quote is to show how lonely the life of a migrant worker is (in the book and in real life). The theme of LONELINESS occurs many time throughout the book. Also, the conflict of MIGRANT WORKERS VS. SOCIETY is shown. (Sonali)

"Cause I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black"(68)

This explains the general role of civil rights in the story. This quote is SAID BY CROOKS,the stories black character, when he's explains TO LENNIE about RACISM and how Crooks is separated from everyone else and isn't allowed to associate with others because he is black. Crooks comes across a lot more LONELINESS than other migrant workers. RACIAL HANDICAP (Katie)

"The swamper considered.... 'Well... tell you what. Curley's like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at em because he ain't a big guy. You seen little guys like that, ain't you? Always scrappy?" (26)

CANDY SAYS TO GEORGE the swamper is the one who says this quote and this FORESHADOWS conflict with Curley later in the story which invovles Lenny. Finally, its related to the theme of a perfect paradise ruined becuase Curley's is the one who ruins the paradise by forcing George to kill Lenny becuase Curley wanted desperatly to kill Lenny. Also, PSYCOLOGICAL AND HEIGHT HANDICAP (Vinayak)

Lennie said, "Tell about that place, George."

"I jus' tol' you, jus' las' night."

"Go on—tell again, George."

"Well, it's ten acres," said George. "Got a little win'mill. Got a little shack on it, an' a chicken run. Got a kitchen, orchard, cherries, apples, peaches, 'cots, nuts, got a few berries. They's a place for alfalfa and plenty water to flood it. They's a pig pen—"

"An' rabbits, George."

"No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits."

This dialouge that goes on between GEORGE AND LENNIE is very important to the theme and motifs of the novel. This discussion goes on many times when Lennie is nervous, scared, or in need of reassurance. This paticular time occurs in the bunkhouse as Lennie and George are talking, and Candy overhears them. Anyhow, this quote is very vital to the theme of the want for the AMERICAN DREAM. As George describes Lennie and his dreamt-of-paridise, he also describes what most migrant workers wanted in that time period: a place, and a friend (COMPANIONSHIP), to call their own. The RABBITS that Lennie mentions are also a motif. These bunnies represent Lennie's inocence and need for something solid, something to always count on. In this way, these symbols describe one of the major themes of the book, the struggle for the American Dream.

(Maggie)

"A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya," he cried, "I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick" (71).

In Of Mice and Men, loneliness is an important theme. CROOKS TELLING LENNIE how lonely he is an how lucky Lennie is to have a companion to travel with. This also supports the theme of ISOLATION and the lack of civil rights. Crooks doesn't have a companion, because he is the only African American man on the ranch, and in that time, everything was segregated. He is isolated from everyone else because of the color of he skin, and he just wants someone to talk to. He opens up to Lennie and tries to show him what his lonely life is like by getting Lennie to imagine life without George. Crooks's comment diplays themes of LONELINESS, isolation, and the lack of civil rights RACIAL HANDICAP. MAN VS. SOCIETY (Alexa)

"Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is."

OWNER OF RANCH SAYS TO GEORGE This quote is from the scene where the owner of the ranch INITIALLY MEETS George and Lennie. From first meeting, the owner observed the FRIENDSHIP and bond that Lennie and George have developed, proving that friendship is a corresponding theme. The owner asks why George always protects Lennie, George responds that Lennie is his cousin. The real reason that George protects Lennie is that they are each others companions. George provides protection and support to Lennie and Lennie provides companionship for George. COMPANIONSHIP is additionally a theme. (Emilia)

"It's a lot nicer to go around with a guy you know" (Steinbeck 35)

GEORGE SAYS TO SLIM George says this quote in response to Slim. SLIM THOUGHT STRANGE 2 MIGRANT WORKERS TRAVEL TOGETHER Slim was musing about the strangeness of two migrant workers traveling together since the stereotype of migrant workers is that they are poor and lonely. This quote explains about the themes of FRIENDSHIP AND COMPANIONSHIP in the novel. George and Lennie demonstrate these two themes in this specific quote with their symbiotic relationship: George takes care of Lennie and Lennie provides companionship for George. This quote shows George defending himself, Lennie, and their relationship. (Keileh)

"A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shallows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tale waved frantically."

NARRATOR The opening paragraph of the book describes a small opening in the woods with a pond. The area is an oasis like the GARDEN OF EDEN, but when HUMANS ENTER, the nature changes and EVIL ENTERS. The humans, Lennie and George, disrupt the nature and peace,because they represent evil and sin. The area and nature described in the passage is the beginning and end setting of the book, like a circle. (Jack C)

"Lennie-if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush...Hide in the brush until I come for you."

This is related to the theme because the BRUSH SYMBOLIZES GARDEN OF EDEN which it is a MOTIF of being the "SAFE PLACE." The thicket also symbolizes the only time in life when you are completly innocent and have no responsibilities, the WOMB. Then again when you DIE. GEORGE SAYS TO LENNIE BEFORE THEY GET TO RANCH. It is important because Lennie is bound to get in trouble, even if he didn't mean it, and they need a safe spot. FORESHADOWS Also it is where George kils Lennie at the end of the story. (Jackson)

"We could live offa the fatta the lan'" (chapter 3, page 57).

LENNIE SAYS TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE I think this quote is relevant to the theme of the AMERICAN DREAM because as a migrant worker, Lennie and George do the most work and grow the food, but don't get the rewards of their hard work in return. They want to own the land and receive the rewards of their hard work. They don't have to follow anyone's orders or commands if they are the owners. SAFE PLACE WITH COMPANIONSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP (Reshmi)

"Sure he's jes' like a kid. There ain't no more harmin him than a kid neither, execpt he's so strong. I bet he won't come in here to sleep tonight. He'd sleep right alongside that box in the barn." pg.43

GEORGE SAYS TO SLIM This was said by George when he was talking to Slim. At this scene, GEORGE TALKING ABOUT PAST TO SLIM. George had opened up to Slim and had told him about what had happened in Weed. At the moment after that LENNIE TRIED TO SNEAK IN PUPPY. This is important becasue it shows how Lennie is seen by all of the others. He is seen as a child because that is how he acts. The theme that this quote shows is RESPONSIBILITY. It shows how CHILDISH Lennie really is, and that the other workers see it to. It also shows how responsible George needs to be for Lennie, becasue he can not take care of himself. (Hollie)

"I get lonely," she said. "You can talk to people, but I can't talk to nobody but Curley." (Steinbeck 84)

CURLEY'S WIFE SAYS TO LENNIE At the time, GEORGE SAID DON'T TALK TO HER; she is indignant, telling him that she gets lonely too. Curley's wife is looking for some company, and she knows that Lennie is the most likely to listen, even if he doesn't comprehend a word she is saying. This is important because it illustrates the theme of LONELINESS that occurs throughout this book. Almost everyone in the book is lonely: Crooks, Curley's wife, the other migrant workers. Furthermore, this also shows the theme of HANDICAPS that all in this book have. Curley's wife is handicapped because of gender bias and "can't talk to nobody but Curley". (Mariel)

"No, Lennie. Look down there acrost the river, like you can almost see the place."

This qoute is said by GEORGE TO LENNIE when he and Lennie are sitting near the river and everyone is hunting Lennie, George got to him first and was PREPARING TO SHOOT HIM BY RIVER. He tells Lennie to look out across the river and imagine the place they are going to live. The theme of this qoute is FRIENDSHIP. George believes that he must be the one to kill him to save him from a slower more painful death that the other people would give him, and he also wanted Lennie to die feeling comfortable and happy not knowing what happened to him. He wanted to protect Lennie from any hurt like a true friend. (Michael James)

"You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me." on page 104 to 105

SLIM SAID TO GEORGE This quote could go anlong with many themes: UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, RESPONSIBILITY, and FRIENDSHIP.This quote is important because it ensures George that he made a wise desicion on killing Lenny before the boys could get to him. Slim is heping to COMFORT him and this concludes the ending of the book. END OF DREAM AND END OF BOOK

"Well--hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him."

An important theme in the story is FRIENDSHIP, and Candy and his dog is a perfect example of this theme. MAN'S BEST FRIEND In the time of the migrant workers, it is important to have a friend (in this case Candy's dog) so that one does not become too lonely.UNCONDITIONAL LOVE Candy's words are significant to the story because it FORESHADOWS an event in the end, which is George killing Lennie. It was hard for him to do it, but he had to do it out of caring. GEORGE LEARNT FROM CANDY'S MISTAKES

"An' whatta I got...I got you! You can't keep a job and lose me ever' job I got. Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country all the time"(pg.11) -George

This has to do with the theme of loneliness because it makes it seem as if Lennie is just a liability holding him back, not a friend. Thus making him feel lonely without a true friend that he travels with.

"If you don' want me I can go off in the hills an' find a cave. I can go anytime."(pg.12) -Lennie

After George's harangue, Lennie claims that he can go by himself and "find a cave" alone, leaving both Lennie and George lonely, and without a traveling friend.

"No-look! I was jus' foolin', Lennie. 'Cause I want you to stay with me."(pg.13) -George

After Lennie's response of going off and finding a cave, George realized that it would make him and Lennie lonely, and George doesn't want Lennie to be lonely.

"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliness guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place."(pg.13) -George

In this line, George tells Lennie that guys like them are "the loneliness guys in the world", and because George knows this, he knows that having a traveling partner keeps company, or can make even the loneliest of people less lonely.

"Well-hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I headed sheep with him...You wouldn't think it to look at him now, but he was the best damn sheep dog I ever seen."(pg.44)"No, I couldn't [kill the dog], I had [the dog] too long."(pg.45) -Candy

This shows that after Carlson tells Candy him he should kill the dog because it's so old, he doesn't want to because he has become so attached to the dog, and knows that if it's killed, he would be lonely without the dog.

"They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. They say I stink. I tell you, all of you stink to me."(pg.68) -Crooks

After Lennie comes into Crooks' room, Crooks doesn't want him there because he is mistreated by they guys in the bunk house because he's black, and has to be by himself in his room. This causes him to feel lonely, causing him to eventually let Lennie come in and sit.

"There wasn't another colored family for miles around. And now there ain't a colored man on this ranch an' there's jus' one family in Soledad."(pg.70) -Crooks

For all his life, Crooks has always been lonely to some extent. This is because he is one of the few black persons in Soledad. And now that he works on a ranch with him as the only black person, he is more lonely than ever before cause he has no one to talk to, no family on the ranch.

"Of I say something, why it's just a \****** sayin' it...a guy talkin' to another guy and it don't make no difference if he don't hear it or understand. The thing is, they're talkin', or they're settin' still not talking. It don;t make no difference, no difference."(pg.70-71) -Crooks

This is another example to show that Crooks is even more lonely than his younger years. Because he is the only black person on the ranch, him talking is seen as different to everyone else than when two white men are talking. Because it's viewed different, he becomes more lonely in that he has very few people who talk and listen to him.

"A guy sets alone out here at night, maybe readin' books or thinkin' or stuff like that. Sometimes he gets thinkin', an' he got nothing to tell him what's so an' what ain't so...He can't turn to some other guy and ast him if he sees it too."(pg.83)

In these lines, Crooks is trying to give Lennie and idea on what it's like to be as lonely as Crooks is. Crooks sleeps in his room by himself because he's black, and Crooks wants Lennie to understand what's it's like to always be alone without someone to talk to.

"I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely."(pg.104) -Curley's Wife

This is Curley's Wife telling lonely this after Lennie becomes skeptical of talking to her, but her telling him this causes him to sympathize her and he talks to her

"Seems like they ain't none of them cares how I gotta live."(pg.88) - Curley's Wife

Curley's Wife expresses how lonely and out of place she feels because she is only a possession of Curley, and has to do what he wants. And he doesn't let her talk to most guys, but she still talks to most one way or another, and in this case makes Lennie sympathize her to an extent that keeps her talking to him for longer and longer.

"An' I got you. We got each other, that's what, that gives us a hoot in hell about us."(pg.104) -Lennie

Lennie exclaims this to George as George tries to get him in position to shoot Lennie. Lennie doesn't know this though. Lennie and George go over buying their own land, and Lennie becomes more and more enthusiastic and excited. This shows that even though guys like them are the loneliest guys in the world, having each other makes all the difference.

Soledad

Solitude, loneliness, isolation

George Milton

"Small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features ... [with] small, strong hands, slender arms, and thin and bony nose"

George quotes

\-"Well, we ain't got any ... God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want. Why, I could stay in a cathouse all night. I could eat any place I want, hotel or any place, and order any damn thing I could think of. An' I could do all that every damn month. Get a gallon of whisky, or set in a pool room and play cards or shoot pool... An' whatta I got ... I got you! You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I get. Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country all the time." \n -"We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us" \n -"They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to"

Lennie Small

"Huge man, shapeless of face, with large pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders, and he walked away dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paw. His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung loosely"

Candy

Old ranch worker ("swamper"), lost hand in accident, spent best years of his life working on someone else's ranch, only to lose his hand and have little money "a tall, stoop-shouldered old man ... . He was dressed in blue jeans and carried a big push-broom in his left hand."

Curley's wife

Good-looking woman who knows it, wearing makeup, form-fitting dresses, and ostrich-feathered high heels "She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young. Now her rouged cheeks and her reddened lips made her seem alive and sleeping very lightly."

Slim

"Moved with majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen. Jerk line skinner, the prince of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders. He was capable of killing a fly on the wheeler's butt with a bull whip without touching the mule. There was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke, His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love."

Crooks

Named for his crooked back, stable hand who works with ranch horses, lives by himself since he's only black man on ranch, bookish, likes to keep his room neat, beaten down by loneliness and prejudicial treatment now he is suspicious of any kindness he receives \n -"I was born right here in Southern California. My old man had a chicken ranch, 'bout ten acres. The white kids come to play at our place, an' sometimes I went to play with them, and some of them was pretty nice. My 'ol man didn't like that. I never knew till long later why he didn't like that. But I know now." He hesitated, and when he spoke again his voice was softer. "There wasn't another colored family for miles around. And now there ain't a colored man on this ranch an' there's jus' one family in Soledad."

Curley

"thin young man with a brown face, with brown eyes and a head of tightly curled hair." Son of ranch boss, big head—which doesn't match with his body, was lightweight fighter, he picks fights just to prove himself on the ranch among other bigger (and better) men "the Curley's like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at 'em because he ain't a big guy. You seen little guys like that, ain't you? Always scrappy? "

Carlson

Bitter, coarse, ugly man who only thinks about himself and apparently can't even understand why Candy would hem and haw about shooting the only friend he's ever had.

Carlson Quotes

-"Whyn't you get Candy to shoot his old dog and give him one of the pups to raise up? I can smell that dog a mile away. Got no teeth, damn near blind, can't eat. Candy feeds him milk. He can't chew nothing else"

Rabbit farm quotes

\-"The hell with the rabbits. That's all you can ever remember is them rabbits"

\-"I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would"

Imagery

"Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hill to the top"

Foreshadowing

"Well, look-Lennie, if you just happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush" (Steinbeck 15).

Suspense

" The silence fell on the room again. A minute passed, and another minute" (Steinbeck 49)

Figurative Language - Simile

"...slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again"

Figurative Language -Metaphor

"He was a jerkline skinner, prince of the ranch."

Characterization - Direct

"Curley's like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys" (Steinbeck 26).

Characterization - Indirect

"Crooks had his apple box over his bunk, and in it a range of medicine bottles, both for himself and for the horses. There were cans of saddle soap and a drippy can of tar with its paint brush sticking over the edge. And scattered about the floor were a number of personal possessions; for, being alone, Crooks could leave his things about, and being a stable buck and a cripple, he was more permanent than the other men, and he had accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back" (Steinbeck 66-67).

Personification

"The sycamore leaves whispered in a little night breeze."

Symbolism

"George carefully built his line of solitaire cards"

Flashback

George tells Slim about what happened in Weed - \n "Well he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he wants to touch ever'thing he likes..." (Steinbeck 41).

"Drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse"

Animalistic attitude towards his power and his simplicity. Obviously his behaviour shows that he doesn't know how to go about things but he just does it in the most simple manner. When he strokes the mice and kills it shows how he has very little control over his power and his actions. he doesn't have the intellect to do things the right way.

"Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you"

shows how happy the relatipship make him. He thinks it is a symbiotic relationship but to the reader it seems as if only George is looking after Lennie. However we must not forget how important the friendship is to George. Without Lennie George could have gone crazy and this is perfectly shown in the character of Crooks.

"Go on... George. How I get to tend the rabbits"

He like really simple things and this is the part of the dream he really wants. This shows how he might not have received affection in his childhood and this is some kind of maternal instinct.

Lennie watched her, fascinated

The use of the adjective 'fascinated' tells us he has a minor obsession growing. It is something which is going to be important to him in the future and as we know she seals his fate.

Lennie leaned eagerly towards his, "Le's go, George. Le's get outta here. It's mean here.

It tells us that Lennie has some insight into what was going to happen. Even though he is so big and strong; this is how tender and afraid he was. He knew he was going to get into trouble at some point because people are not going to be nice or something is going to get out of hand. The fact that he said it 'eagerly' which shows a childlike innocence.

Lennie said softly, "We could live off the fatta the lan' ."

"Sure" said George.

Summarises the American dream and how people wanted to own work for themselves and be their own bosses. This was the dream that George and Lennie were chasing.

Curley was flopping like a fish on a line

Again this shows his power and the pain he can cause to humans beings.

"I wisht George was here. I wisht George was here"

Desperation for George when the Crooks is teasing him. He shows us the need he has for George. Showing how important George is to him to ease the pain. George has done it for him time and time again and so therefore he wants George with him at that point.

Slim: "I have never seen such a strong guy"

Showing his unique place in the ranch. Also showing us why he gets on Curley's nerves so much.

Lennie smiled helplessly in an attempt to make friends. (At Crooks)

He doesn't understand the social stigmas between the whites and the blacks. He doesn't understand that Crooks' place is private and this shows how he doesn't really know what he is doing without George.

He shook her then, and he was angry with her and her body flopped like a fish Lennie had broken her neck.

This event is ultimately the downfall of Lennie. This is the event which leads to him going into the brush where eventually he gets killed.

"Tend rabbits," it said scornfully. "You crazy bastard. You ain't fit to like the boots of no rabbits"

This shows how hard Lennie is on himself. This is after Aunt Clara has had a go at him and the rabbits that he has been wanting to tend throughout the novella are now going against him. This shows that he understands the gravity of the situation that he is in and how bad it really is. Furthermore it is an echo of George's voice which shows how much of an influence he is on Lennie.

"Oh! George- George- George!"

Scream for George. In a way it is a fulfilment of a wish that he wants George to come and make it better. George does it in the only way possible.

Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering

it is a very touching and fitting because he jars and then settles 'slowly' which shows it was not painful death. He has kind of slumped into a deep sleep. What Steinbeck is trying to tell us here is that there was some kind of comfort in this for Lennie and that George has done the right thing.

"You do bad things and I got to get you out."

"An' you ain't gonna do no bad things like you done in Weed, neither"

Right at the start of the play we find out about the relationship between George and Lennie. This quote shows that George is the smarter one and it acts as a hook as we don't know what Lennie did in Weed.

George's voice became deeper. He repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many time before. \n "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world." \n "because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why."

His voice becomes deep showing that he really means what he is saying. His words become rhythmic showing that it is a mantra to him.

This summarises the whole play. Here George relates that loneliness is responsible for much of that suffering, a theory supported by many of the secondary characters.

Also this quote really emphasizes on their symbiotic relationship. The two men are forced together by common necessity rather than genuine emotional attachment. It is evident from the start that Lennie could not possibly function in the harsh world that they inhabit without George, who holds his companion's work card and always does the talking for him.

"We travel together," said George coldly

He says is coldly which tells us that he is willing to stand up for Lennie. He is defiant to people who question their friendship. Perhaps also resenting the fact that people trying to hold him back or begrudge him a friendship just because they don't have one.

"You gonna have trouble with that Curley guy"

Tells us about his wisdom and his ability to judge people.

This also foreshadows the future.

Friendly advice to try to help Lennie.

"I have never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be."

Paternal advice.

George not only recognises the danger but also the extent of the danger that is to come in the near future.

"If I was even a little bit smarter, I'd have ay own little place, an' I'd be bringin' in my own crops, 'stead of doin' all the work and not getting what come up outta the ground." George fell silent.

Summary of his life. Wasting his life and not fulfilling his potential. Maybe not as smart as other people think he is. This could tell us why he stays with Lennie who is obviously less cleverer than him so maybe he only hangs out with Lennie in order to feel more cleverer than he actually is. He has settled in a routine just like everyone else around him rather than trying to make something for himself. It shows maybe that in looking after Lennie this situation has come but it could also mean that he is using Lennie as an excuse to stay in a position where he doesn't have to try.

"George sat entranced with his own pictures"

showing how powerful the lure of the dream is and how it keep people preoccupied and the effect here is physical. it is such a powerful and such a wonderful thing to them.

"Get \`I'm, Lennie"

Command to Lennie. it is like a command to an animal and the shortness of the sentence also emphasizes this.

"Jesus, seems like I can't go away for a minute"

Shows his responsibility. Foreboding as we understand whenever he is not there bag things could happen just like when Lennie and Curley's wife are alone in the barn.

After Lennie kills Curley's wife George said, "I'll work my month an' I'll take my fifty bucks an' I'll stay all night in some lousy cat house... An' then I'll come back an' work another month an' I'll have fifty bucks more"

This shows that George is completely defeated and he realizes that the dream is not possible now. he has completely given up. H wants to numb the pain in his life and he going to do that by drinking alcohol.

"You... an' me. Ever'body gonna be nice to you. Ain't gonna be no more trouble."

Very sad as he tells this to Lennie just before killing. Final act of care for Lennie. He doesn't want Lennie to fee pain.

"The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied"

This shows that George can get the job done if the situation needs be. This tells us that he can achieve things.

guys he don't like, and he don't like nobody."

Curley's wife is speaking in Crooks' shed about her husband. Finish the quotation from chapter 4: "Spends all his time sayin' what he's gonna do to...

I'd like to bust him myself."

Curley's wife shows her hatred for him when she says she is glad Lennie beat Curley up in chapter 4: "He got it coming to him. Sometimes...

ain't a nice fella." Curley's wife said this. She said this to Lennie in Scene 3.

"I don't like Curley. He..." Who said this? When?

"the son-of-a-bitch myself." "the guts"

Curley speaking about Lennie just after he killed Curley's wife in chapter 5: "I'll kill... I'll shoot 'im in..."

"give 'im no chance." "double 'im over."

Curley telling the other men what to do when they find Lennie in chapter 5: "When you see 'um, don't... Shoot for his guts. That'll..."

Curley said this to George and Lennie just after they arrived at the ranch.

"Oh, so it's that way" When was this said?

guy talk"

Curley says this to George about Lennie in chapter 2: "Let the big...

What the hell are you gettin' into it for?"

Curley says this to George in the bunkhouse in Chapter 2 when George is speaking for Lennie. "By Christ, he's gotta talk when he's spoke to...

Curley says this because he is angry that George and Lennie are 'disrespecting' him, as only George is talking.

Curley says this to Lennie in chapter 2, why does he say this? "Well nex' time you answer when you're spoken to."

seen my wife?"

Curley asks this a lot, he is always looking for his wife ....."Any you guys...

"you laughin' at?"

Curley says this to Lennie because Lennie is laughing to himself, but Curley thinks he is laughingly him in chapter 3 "What the hell...

"Slim," "ast you."

Curley says this to someone who is always accused of flirting with Curley's wife in chapter 3: "Well I didn't mean nothing... I just...

les' you wanna step outside."

Curley says this to Carlson when he joins in with Slim who is arguing with Curley in chapter 3: "You keep outta this...

"big bastard." "son-of-a-bitch is gonna laugh at me."

Curley says this Lennie just before they fight in chapter 3: "Come on, ya... Get up on your feet. No...