George Flashcards
(5 cards)
Chapter 1
“Lennie!” he said sharply
“Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night.”’
“Jesus Christ, you’re a crazy bastard!”
“… Alone i could live so easy”
“We’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and -“
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.”
“Red and blue and green rabbits, Lennie. Millions of ‘em”
Chapter 2
‘George was working up a slow anger’
“Jesus, what a tramp” (and “bitch”, “poison”, “jailbait”, “rat-trap”)
Chapter 3
“I’ve beat the hell outa him” - (yet Lennie never hit him)
‘George carefully built his line of solitaire cards.’
‘This thing they had never really believed in was coming true.’ (Achieving the american dream)
Chapter 5
“I’ll work my month an’ i’ll take my fifty bucks an’ i’ll stay all night some lousy cat house”
(After seeing Curley’s Wife’s body)
Chapter 6
“I want you to stay with me here.”
“No,” said George. “No, Lennie I ain’t mad. I never been mad, and I ain’t now. That’s a thing i want ya to know.”
‘George let himself be helped to his feet’ (After Lennie’s death)