Of Mice And Men Flashcards
(26 cards)
You can’t get a job and you lose me ever’ job I get. Jus’ keep me shovin’ all over the country all the time.
George page 13
Guys like us that live on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world …
George page 15
An’ live off the fatta the lan’… Go on George! … Tell about that George… It ain’t the same if I tell it
Lennie page 16
No– look! I was jus’ foolin’, Lennie. ‘Cause I want you to stay with me
George page 14
“Sure. Ya see the stable buck’s a nigger… The boss gives him he’ll when he’s mad. But the stable Buck don’t give a damn about that.”
Candy page 21
On his head was a solid Stetson hat, and he wore high-heeled boots with spurs to prove he was not a labouring man.
Curley description page 22
“Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.”
The Boss page 24
“A guy on a ranch don’t never listen nor he don’t ast no questions.”
Candy page 26
The old man was reassured. He had drawn a derogatory statement from George. He felt safe now, and he spoke
more confidently.
Candy gossiping with George page 29
“I think Curley’s married… a tart”
Candy page 29
“Jesus, what a tramp,” he said. “So that’s what Curley picks for a wife.”
George page 33
Slim looked approvingly at George for having given the compliment.
Page 35
I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.
George page 9
“Ain’t many guys travel around together,” he mused. “I don’t know why. Maybe ever’body in the whole damn
world is scared of each other.”
Slim page 36
“I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone… After a long time they get mean.”
George page 41
“That dog ain’t no good to himself. I wisht somebody’d shoot me if I got old an’ a cripple.”
Slim page 46
“You give me a good whore house every time,” he said. “A guy can go in an’ get drunk and get ever’thing outta
his system all at once, an’ no messes.”
George page 56
When Candy spoke they both jumped as though they had been caught doing something reprehensible.
Talking about the dream page 59
George said reverently, “Jesus Christ! I bet we could swing her.” His eyes were full of wonder.
Talking about the dream page 60
“…When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have no
place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs.”
Candy and the struggle of the disabled page 60
He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs.
Crooks page 67
“I ain’t wanted in the bunk house, and you ain’t wanted in my room.”
Crooks page 68
His lean face was lined with deep black wrinkles, and he had thin, pain-tightened lips
Crooks description page 67
“If I say something, why it’s just a nigger sayin’ it.”
Crooks page 70
