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31 Cards in this Set
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Who says, "Live of the fatta the lan'" and what does it show the audience?
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Lennie. It shows the audience the dream George has taught him. Lennie doesn't really understand what it means as it is George's dream. Lennie's dream is to 'tend the rabbits. You can use this quote when identifying George's dream. (It means to live off the extra food the land can produce.)
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Who says, "we gonna get a little place," and what does it show the audience?
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George. It shows the audience his dream. It is a simple, humble dream and one that many men in the 1930's would have aspired to: to live free and independent without having to sell their 'hands' to other men.
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Who says, "tend the rabbits," and what does it show the audience?
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Lennie. It shows the audience Lennie's dream. It also shows how child-like he is. Whereas George's dream is adult-like (to own a farm,) Lennie's is to play with soft things.
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Who says, "Ever' body wants a little piece of lan'," and "nobody gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land," and what does it show the audience?
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Crooks. This shows how beaten down a black man is in 1930's America. He has given up on the idea of 'The American Dream' (which states that if you work hard you can become rich and/or famous,) and believes no one can achieve it. It also foreshadows the ending, in which neither George, Lennie or Candy will get the land they dream of.
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Who says, "he says he was gonna put me in the movies," and what does it show the audience?
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Curley's Wife. It shows the audience Curley's Wife's dream. She was young and impressionable and lied to by a man in the past who promised to put her in the movies. She also believed her mother hid the letters from this man - although, it is likely that the letter never came, because the man was lying; Of Mice and Men is a story about how dreams can't come true. It shows she is gullible and relies on men to deliver her dream to her. Or is she trapped?
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Who says, "It's mean here," and what does it show the audience?
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Lennie. It shows the audience that although Lennie is not very intelligent, he is aware that the life on the ranch is hard and the men can be cruel to each other (loneliness, misuse of power, prejudice.) It also foreshadows his death.
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Who says, "sure he's jes' like a kid," and what does it show the audience?
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George. It shows the audience that Lennie is child-like and this leads to the prejudice Lennie suffers from in 1930's America.
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Who says, "I wish somebody would shoot me when I become useless," and what does it show the audience?
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Candy. This shows the audience how lonely he feels. It also shows the audience how Candy sees the value of his own life as he ages. It shows the audience how prejudiced society can be towards the elderly.
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Who says, "'cause I'm black," and what does it show the audience?
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Crooks. It shows the audience how racist society is. He is segregated from the others because of the colour of his skin.
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Who says, "you got no rights comin' in a coloured man's room," and what does it show the audience?
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Crooks. It shows the audience that Crooks is proud, despite his segregation. He has few possessions, and few real legal rights so he holds on to what little he feels he does have.
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Who says, "you know what I can do," and what does it show the audience?
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Curley's Wife. This shows the audience that Curley's Wife can be aggressive to the other men even though she is lonely. At the time she says this, she is angry about being pushed away and is lashing out. It also shows the audience the very real consequences of a racist society - that a black man can be hanged on the word of a single white person.
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Who says, "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world," and what does it show the audience?
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George. It shows the audience how lonely life for men in 1930's America actually was. It links to Lennie's retort that they are not like that because they have each other. It also shows the audience that George finds a cure for his loneliness by being with Lennie, even if he gets him in 'messes.'
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Who says, "If I was alone I could live so easy," and what does it show the audience?
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George. It shows the audience how important it is for George to have Lennie. Although George's life would be simpler, he would still prefer Lennie and his 'messes' to being alone.
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Who says, "Me an' him goes ever place together," and what does it show the audience?
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Lennie. It shows the audience how George and Lennie are friends.
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Who says, "I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you," and what does it show the audience?
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Lennie. It shows the bond of friendship Lennie and George have. It is part of the 'guys like us' story that Lennie loves being told to him. Lennie doesn't remember the whole word for word, like George does, but he does remember the best bits...just like a child remembers the best bits of a story and can tell if you have left anything out.
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Who says, "think I'm gonna stay in that two-by-four house?" and what does it show the audience?
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Curley's Wife. It shows the audience what Curley's Wife dream is: to escape, become an actress and be famous. It also shows how much she hates Curley and the life she has.
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Who says, "made me seem god damn smart alongside of him," and what does it show the audience?
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George, about Lennie. It shows how George has learnt to overcome his prejudiced behaviour towards Lennie and has learnt to care for him instead. George has learnt the value of friendship and not to abuse his power over others.
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Who says, "there ain't no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he's so strong," and what does it show the audience?
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George, about Lennie. This shows the audience the physical power Lennie has, which is a valued asset on a ranch. It also confirms that Lennie is not very smart. In this way, Lennie can be seen as both strong and weak at the same time. It is these features of his character that foreshadow his accidental killing of Curley's Wife and the need for George to kill him.
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Who says, "I didn't bounce you hard," and what does it show the audience?
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Lennie. It shows the audience how powerful Lennie is, to the point of not knowing his own strength. This is common in children who can often break things by accident. It is also something which foreshadows what he does to Curley's Wife.
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Who says, "the way a bear drags his paws," and what does it show the audience?
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Steinbeck, about Lennie. Lennie is often described using animal adjectives or similes. It shows the natural power Lennie has. Natural power, as in wild animals, can be unpredictable and deadly - foreshadowing what he does to Curley's wife.
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Who says, you hadda, George. I swear you hadda,"" and what does it show the audience?
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Slim. This shows Slim's wisedom, and awareness of George's power and responsibility of Lennie. Slim represents the voice of the author confirming that George did what he had to do for Lennie's benefit. It shows how brutal 1930's America was, such that men like Curley could abuse their power, leaving men like George to do terrible things to find justice and fairness.
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Who says, "prince of the ranch," and what does it show the audience?
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Steinbeck, about Slim. This shows the audience the natural authority Slim has over the ranch. Slim is a just leader to whom the others turn to for justice. He is compared to Curley, who rules like a cruel king and abuses his power.
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Who says, "god-like" and what does it show the audience?
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Steinbeck, about Slim. This shows the audience that Slim has immense power over the other men in the ranch; the power to give and take away - such as giving the puppy to Lennie, but allowing Candy's dog to be shot.
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Who says, "there was gravity in his manner," and what does it show the audience?
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Steinbeck, about Slim. This shows the audience that Slim has natural authority that is difficult to describe. Compare this with Curley, whose power is easily identified as the power to get people 'canned.' The other men gravitate (move towards) Slim and his decisions on what's right and wrong.
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Who says, "he reads a lot," and what does it show the audience?
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Candy, about Crooks. It shows the audience that although Crooks has no power, he does have the power of intelligence: he can read and he reads a law book. It shows Crooks is educated and has some power to be aware of his rights.
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Who says, "he's handy," and what does it show the audience?
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Candy, about Curley. It shows the audience that Curley has physical power over the other ranch hands because he can fight them.
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Who says, "he hates big guys" and, "kind of like he's mad at 'em because he ain't a big guy," and what does it show the audience?
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Candy, about Curley. It shows the audience that Curley is a bully with his power and will pick on certain people because of their size. It is both an abuse of power and a prejudice he has and foreshadows what Lennie will do to him: it is a power that is ultimately destroyed by Lennie, who is a big guy.
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Who says, "won't ever get canned," and what does it show the audience?
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Candy, about Curley. It shows the audience the power Curley has over the other ranch hands. He is protected from ever losing his job. This protection allows him to treat the other hands poorly, such as Lennie.
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Who says, "she had full, rouges lips," and what does it show the audience?
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Steinbeck, about Curley's wife. This shows the audience that Curley's wife had only one power over the men on the ranch: a sexual power. It is not surprising that she uses this, her only, power, but the symbolism of 'red', combined with Lennie's back story in Weed, foreshadows her eventual death.
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Who says, "jail bait," and what does it show the audience?
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George, about Curley's Wife, to Lennie. This shows the audience that George has a low opinion of Curley's wife. He suspects she is the sort of women who will 'bait' men into doing something stupid that will get them in 'jail.' George is aware that Lennie is weak when it comes to women and his warning to him foreshadows the trouble caused by Lennie when he kills her.
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Who says, "tart," and what does it show the audience?
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Candy, about Curley's wife. This shows how the other men see Curley's wife: like a prostitute who uses her sexual power to control men. It also confirms that Curley's wife has only this power, and nothing else.
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