Of Mice and Men Quotes Themes Flashcards
(19 cards)
Give a quote about power from Curley’s wife
“You know what I could do to you if you open your trap…I could get you strung up on a tree so fast it ain’t even funny”
Give a quote about power about Curley
“He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he’s mad at ’em because he ain’t a big guy.”
Give a quote about power about Curley and his wife
“Curley burst into the room excitedly. “Any you guys seen my wife?” he demanded”
Give a quote about power about George and Lennie
“Lennie! … you gonna be sick like you was last night.”
Give a quote about the American dream
“They fell into a silence. They looked at one another amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true”
Give a quote about the American dream from Crooks
“… If you guys would want a hand to work for nothing – just his keep, why I’d come an lend a hand”
Give a quote about the fickleness of the American dream from Crooks
“Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.”
Give a quote about Curley’s wifes American dream
“He says he was gonna put me in the movies”
Give a quote from Lennie about the American Dream
“Tell me about the rabbits, George.”
Give a quote from George about loneliness
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world”
Give a quote from Curley’s Wife about loneliness
“You can talk to people, but I can talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?”
Give a quote from Crooks about loneliness
” A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”
Give a quote from Candy about loneliness
“I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing.”
Give a quote about Crooks about discrimination
“Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no ego—nothing to arouse either like or dislike.”
Give a quote about Curley’s wife about discrimination
“They left all the weak ones here”
Analyse the quote “They left all the weak ones here”
Demonstrates how Curley’s wife recognises how she is seen as inferior because she is the only woman on the ranch. This highlights the social hierarchy that is extremely prevalent in the ranch life and how hard it is when you are at the bottom of it.
Give a quote about Lennie about discrimination
“They’ll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog.”
Give a quote about Lennie about discrimination from Slim
“He’s jes’ like a kid, ain’t he.”
Analyse the quote “He’s jes’ like a kid, ain’t he.”
The quote highlights how people often treat Lennie as a child and underestimate his capabilities just because of his mental disability
