George quotes Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
Loneliness and companionship
A
- “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.”
- With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.”
- “I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Jesus Christ”
2
Q
American dream
A
- “I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her.”
- “we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres”
- Stay in a cathouse
3
Q
Sacrifice
A
- “I ain’t gonna let ‘em hurt Lennie. Now you listen. The guys might think I was in on it.”
- “Look acrost the river, Lennie, an’ I’ll tell you so you can almost see it.”
- “George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head.”
4
Q
relationship with lennie
A
- I could live so easy
- take my fifty bucks
- damn near drowned
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