Mice & Men Quotes Flashcards
(32 cards)
Lennie + George friendship 1
“We got eachother”
Lennie + George friendship 2
“We got a future”
Protective over Lennie quote
“Get um Lennie, don’t let him do it”
Curleys wife dream quote
“I coulda made something of myself”
Weak characters quote
“They left all the weak ones here”
Crooks facing racism quote
“They play cards but I can’t play because I’m black
Crooks bullying Lennie quote
“Don’t come in a place where you’re not wanted”
Curley being short quote
“Come on ya big bastard”
Slim caring quote
“You hadda George I swear”
Curley’s wife loneliness quote
“I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely”
Curley’s wife racism quote
“Listen N***** u know what I can do to u if u open ur trap “
Crooks isolated quote
“You got no rights coming in a coloured man’s room”
Slim status quote
“Jerkline skinner, prince of the ranch”
Slim authority quote
“His authority was so great his word was taken on any subject”
Slim strength quote
“Capable of driving 10, 16 even 20 mules”
Candy jobs quote
“I won’t have no place to go, i can’t get no more jobs “
Curley little guy quote
“He hates big guys. He’s all the time picking scraps with big guys”
Candy loneliness quote
“I ain’t got no relatives or nothing”
Candy working quote
“ I could cook and tend the chickens”
Crooks torturing quote
“Crooks face lighted with pleasure in his torture”
Lennie innocence quote
“I don’t want no fights” or “I never meant no harm George”
George loneliness quote
“Guys like us… loneliest guys in the world”
Curley’s wife lynching quote
“I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”
Curley’s wife appearance quote
“Rouged lips, heavily made up” “her fingernails were red”
