of Mice of men Flashcards
(19 cards)
Quote for Death as a symbol of harsh reality
'’I ought to have shoot that dog myself, George/ I Shouldn’t to of let no stranger shoot my dog,’’
Death of the american dream quote
’’ I think i knowed from the very first. I think i knowed we never do her. He used to like hear about it. I got thinking to maybe we would,’’ George
Death as mercy quote
George raised the gun and steaded it… He pulled the trigger
Forshadowing of death quote
“I done a real bad thing. I shouldn’ta did that. George’ll be mad.”
Death and isolation quote
’’ I never get to talk to nobody. I get awfully lonley
Death as a symbol of harsh reality
People killed if they have no use eg candys doge
Death and the american dream
death serves as a symbol of the impossiblity of dreams - Curleys wife - Lennie
Death as mercy
- Candy dog
- Lennie
Killed to prevent a worse fate/ end suffering
Forshadowing of death
Dog being killed forshadows lennie
death of small vunlrable creatures forshadows lennie
Death and insolation
death is tied to lonliness symbolsing suffering
Curleys wife
Lennie Quote for guilt
“I could go off in the hills there. Some place I’d find a cave.” (Lennie section 1)
Crooks quote on personal rights.
“You got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room. Nobody got a right but me” (Crooks section 4)
Slims authority
“with a majesty only achived by royalty and master craftsmen.”
(Chapter 2)
“The prince of the ranch.”
Chapter 2, Candy
Racial slurs towards Candy
“Ya see the stable buck’s a n**ger.”
Chapter 2
Curley’s wife death, in reference to light
“the sun streaks climbed up the wall” (section 5) - before killed
“the sun streaks were high on the wall by now, and the light was growing soft in the barn” - (Section 5) after Lennie has killed her.
The boss’s doubt of relationsips
“never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy”. Chapter 2
George has to defend saying that Lennie got hit in the head with a horse and that they are cosins
Crooks pointing out the futility of the American Dream
Every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ‘em ever gets it.” (Crooks, Section 4).
Crooks Lonlieness + race
“There wasn’t another colored family for miles around. And now there ain’t a colored man on this ranch an’ there’s jus’ one family in Soledad.” (Crooks, Section 4).
Lennie quote on Loyalty
“I… ain’t gonna say nothin’. Jus’ gonna stan’ there.”
