Mice and men quotes Flashcards
(59 cards)
Live off the fatta the lan
G. Steinbeck uses a metaphor to convey to the reader the luxury of the dream. 1 in 4 of people didn’t have a job
We’re gonna have a little house
G. This was significant to G and L even though the adjective highlights the size of the house. This was important for itinerant workers since they had to constantly move around because of the Great Depression and shortage of jobs.
Looked raptly at the wall…nuts
G. The adverb highlights he is deep in imagination as he realised achieving the dream was possible. The juxtaposition snaps him back to reality as this was a things not many people had achieved.
We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us
G. The inclusive pronoun highlights how they have companions compared to the other itinerant workers as it was an individualist society.
God’s sake don’t drink so much
G. Steinbeck uses imperative language to shows his paternalistic attitude towards him as L isn’t conscious of what is correct and incorrect.
Get him, Lennie
G.Steinbeck uses personification to show G’s authority over L as if he was a guard dog waiting for his owners instruction.
Pulled his trigger
G. He does this to shield L from Curley’s mobs and they will torture him. The personal pronoun shows he was in control of the situation but he didn’t have a fair choice. An audience from the Great Depression would not have understood G’s true intentions because it was an individualist society.
Why do you got to get killed
L. Steinbeck uses direct pronouns to highlight his severe mental capacity as he blames it on the pup. The rhetorical question reinforces this as he continue to talks to the pup and is genuinely confused.
CW wore a dress with ‘red ostrich feathers’
L. This causes a flashback to the incident in Weed where Lennie and George were lynched because of the ‘sexual assault’. This alludes/foreshadows CW death because Lennie keeps on repeating his actions uncontrollably.
Get him
L. The imperative language shows L is responsive to G’s commands because his mental capacity is of a child so he always relies on G.
Don’t want ta hurt you
L. The verb is very ironic as he is hurting her unintentionally but he has a choice to stop however it is very difficult as he is extremely strong as an adult but has the mental capacity of a child.
Why do you got to get killed
L. The rhetorical question once again highlights his poor mental capacity is shown when he accidentally kills the puppy but once again blames it on it for dying. The personal pronoun shifts the blame onto the pup.
G ‘pulled the trigger’
L.The allows Steinbeck to unveil the relations between friendship and violence. George does this to show his paternalistic live towards L as if he didn’t kill him, he would be tortured by Curley.
CW ‘I never got that letter’
L. He allows Steineck to reveals the aspirations of achieving the American Dreams for many as he is a a safe person and won’t repeat what he hears.
Crooks talks ‘dreamily’ about the ‘chicken ranch’
L. Crooks shows how pervasive the American dream is in the American society however it being a meritocracy he has lost everything and is now a low status worker on a ranch. The adverb highlights the unattainbility of it.
Crooks ‘conceal his pleasure with anger’
L. As more people are coming into his room, the juxtaposition between nouns convey his struggles of concealing his emotions as no one except for Slim comes into his room.
Whit ‘I bet she even gives the stable buck the eye’
CW. The idiom highlights to the audience what type of woman she is: flirtatious, desperate and attention seeking. However she only does this as an attempt to gain attentions as she doesn’t receive any in her relationship with Curley.
George ‘rat trap’
CW. She is called a ‘rat trap’. The metaphor conveys the misogynistic attitudes toward women as they were thought of as inferior. This alludes to the Garden of Eden where she tempt other people however consequences follow( fired or harmed by Curley’.
George’poision’
CW. The metaphor is very ironic as being a method to kill someone, she is killed first.
George’ no place for a girl’
CW.The ranch is a microcosm of American society where women aren’t valued and treated the same as men. Achieving the American Dream is now harder for women.
Crooks ‘she got no right to be here’
CW.She is being isolated and treated differently compared to the other men which have entered his house. This is ironic as he himself as a black man has little rights.
Candy ‘roll your hoop’ and go because ‘we know what we got’
CW.The repetition of the inclusive pronoun reflects to the audience how cruel Candy is to her. Boasting that he has companions and she doesn’t however they are actually scared of each other. The idiom imply she is a child
Simply called ‘curleys wife’
CW.Shows how she is treated as if she was an object belonging. This is because women were especially treated without respected until 1918 when they were allowed to vote.
Talking to the ‘weak ones’, they ‘close ranks’
CW.This causes the audience to feel sympathy towards her as even by the longest characters on the ranch she is excluded. Reinforces the opinion that she is the loneliest on the ranch.
