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61 Cards in this Set
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Of Mice and Men Quotes |
John Steinbeck |
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Lennie / Dreams |
"I remember about the rabbits, George." |
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George/ Dreams/ Friendship |
"if I was alone I could live so easy" #EmotionalManipulation |
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Lennie/ Friendship |
"No…you tell it. It ain't the same if I tell it. Go on…George. How I get to tend the rabbits." aww |
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Lennie & George / Dreams |
"When Candy spoke they both jumped as though they had been caught doing something reprehensible." Had just been talking about their plan |
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Crooks/ Dreams |
"every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. An' never a God damn one of 'em ever gets it." say it how it is |
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George/ Unrealistic dreams |
"—I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her. " Maybe the dream's a girl because he never gets to do any of them either |
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Lennie & George introduction/ Friendship |
They had walked in single file down the path, and even in the open one stayed behind the other. |
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Lennie/ Friendship/ Sacrifice |
"But I wouldn't eat none, George. I'd leave it all for you. You could cover your beans with it and I wouldn't touch none of it." Lennie would probably die for George, and kind of does. Imaginary beans= life |
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George/ Loneliness |
"They got no family. They don't belong no place." |
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Curley/ Loneliness/ Friendship |
"We travel together," said George coldly. "Oh, so it's that way." (Curley) Thinks they're banging |
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Candy/ Friendship |
"Well-hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him." |
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Candy/ Carlson/ Friendship/ |
"I bet Slim would give you one of them pups to raise up," Thinks friendship can be replaced, maybe because he doesn't have any friends |
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Loss/ Friendship/ Contrast |
The silence came into the room. And the silence lasted. (Candy's dog) The brush seemed filled with cries. (Lennie) Probably couldn't make a point about that |
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Crooks/ Loneliness/ Friendship |
Crooks scowled, but Lennie's disarming smile defeated him. Lennie is the only one Crooks can talk to without fear of abuse |
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Crooks/ Friendship |
"George can tell you screwy things, and it don't matter It's just the talking. It's just bein' with another guy. That's all." Crooks points out a lot, is he more the narrator than Slim??? |
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The boss/ Loneliness |
"Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is." |
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Slim/ Survival of the fittest |
"Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other." |
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George/ Loneliness |
Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. |
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Crooks/ Discrimination/ Rights |
Crooks said sharply, "You got no right to come in my room." |
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Lennie/ Innocence |
"You drink some, George. You take a good big drink." He smiled happily. (George just got mad at Lennie for taking a drink) |
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Men/ Innocence/ Dreams |
Western magazines ranch men love to read and scoff at and secretly believe. |
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Lennie/ Innocence/ Intelligence |
But he never hurt her. He jus' wanted to touch that red dress |
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Lennie/ Innocence/ Irony |
Sure, he's jes like a kid. There ain't no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he's so strong. George wants to believe Lennie won't hurt anyone even though he keeps killing mice/dogs |
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Candy/ Lennie/ Innocence/ Victim blaming |
Candy squatted down in the hay and watched the face of Curley's wife. "Poor bastard," he said softly. Feels worse about Lennie (who did actually kill someone) than Curley's wife (who is literally dead and was unhappy and her husband has just pissed off) |
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George/ Freedom/ Introduction |
"Tonight I'm gonna lay right here and look up. I like it." Start of the book |
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George/ Lennie/ Confinement |
"I wish I could put you in a cage with about a million mice an' let you have fun." George feels bad after because Lennie could get locked up for being mentally disabled |
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Lennie/ Freedom/ Intelligence |
Lennie leaned eagerly toward him. "Le's go, George. Le's get outta here. It's mean here." Lennie has like a sixth sense, he says more than once he doesn't want to stay, gets ignored |
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Loneliness/ Friendship/ Freedom |
And then he (whit) went to his box shelf and laid the magazine carefully in. Bill had some freedom, at least people outside of the ranch/area will know he existed |
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Curley's wife/ Freedom |
"—Sat'iday night. Ever'body out doin' som'pin'. Ever'body! An' what am I doin'? " |
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Slim/ Lennie/ Freedom |
"An' s'pose they lock him up an' strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain't no good, George." |
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George/ Justice/ Responsibility |
"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" George expects Lennie to do something bad but protects him anyway |
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Curley/ Justice
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"Seem like Curley ain't givin' nobody a chance." (Candy) |
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Curley/ Lennie/ Justice |
"Don't let him pull you in—but—if the son-of-a-bitch socks you—let 'im have it." |
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Slim/ Justice |
His [Slim's] ear heard more than was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought. |
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Candy/ Justice/ Friendship |
"I ought to of shot that dog myself, George" |
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Slim/ Justice/ Power |
"I think you got your han' caught in a machine." |
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Slim/ Religious/ Praise b 2 slim |
"Never you mind," said Slim. "A guy got to sometimes." |
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American dream/ Introduction |
a path beaten hard by boys... and beaten hard by tramps Suggests the boys will become the tramps |
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Slim/ American dream/ God |
"he moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsman. He was a jerkline skinner, the prince of the ranch," Slim is my American dream <3 |
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Crooks/ American Dream/ Curley's bae |
"You guys comin' in an' settin' made me forget. What she says is true." |
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Curley's wife/ American Dream |
"I coulda made somethin' of myself." She said darkly, "Maybe I will yet." |
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George/ Violence |
The little man jerked down the brim of his hat and scowled over at Lennie. George why u gotta b so rude |
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Lennie/ Violence |
"they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead" Kills the mice by mistake but tries to hurt them on purpose |
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George/ Violence/ Friendship?? |
"If I was a relative of yours I'd shoot myself." Bruh |
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Curley's wife/ Crooks/ Violence |
"Well, you keep your place then, N*****. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny." Not allowed to use bad words on cram soz bae I was just trying to literature. |
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Crooks/ Prejudice/ Intelligence |
"He (crooks) reads a lot. Got books in his room." Crooks is more intelligent than they think but nobody notices |
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Lennie/ Innocence/ Prejudice |
"Why ain’t you wanted?" Lennie asked. Lennie can't be prejudiced because he wouldn't be able to remember to be racist |
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George/ Weakness/ Prejudice? |
"Blubberin’ like a baby! Jesus Christ! A big guy like you!" Connects emotional strenth with physical strength |
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Curley/ Weakness/ Violence |
"Kind of like he’s mad at ‘em because he ain’t a big guy." Short guys are so discriminated against #mensrights |
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Candy/ Weakness |
"When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me." |
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Curley's wife/ Weakness/ Isolation |
"They left all the weak ones here," she said finally Irony level over 9000 |
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Curley/ Women/ Ew |
"Well, I will tell ya what—Curley says he's keepin' that hand soft for his wife." |
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Curley's Wife/ Friendship/ Prejudice |
"Well—she got the eye." Now you're giving me the look look |
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Curley's Wife/ Women's roles |
so that her body was thrown forward #slut |
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Curley's wife/ Prejudice/ Violence? |
"She’s a jail bait all set on the trigger." Patriarchy strikes again |
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George/ Women |
George sighed. "You give me a good whore house every time," I really don't like George he's such an arse like shut your bitch ass mouth you wouldn't have to pay for it if you weren't so ugly |
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Words used to describe Curley's wife |
Jailbait Tart Tramp Purty Poison (Her personality is never mentioned) |
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Lennie/ Nature/ Animal comparison |
snorting into the water like a horse omg lads HORSES HAVE A SIXTH SENSE and Lennie is always like '"Le's go, George. Le's get outta here. It's mean here." because he knows. |
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Nature/ Violence |
A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake Is it just the way of the world?? Probably not |
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