People Flashcards
(46 cards)
Lennie introduction
In the … Lennie … is presented a physically … character, but … weak character He is unable to make d… for himself, which is why he is seen as someone who often f… others such as …, which is shown through the story. He lacks … skills and u… in s… situations, with this being one of the reasons why he is d… from the s… of the ….
In the novella Lennie Small is presented a physically strong character, but mentally weak character He is unable to make decisions for himself, which is why he is seen as someone who often follows others such as George, which is shown through the story. He lacks social skills and understanding in serious situations, with this being one of the reasons why he is doomed from the start of the novella.
Lennie
-representation of innocence
-innocent, …. qualities
–>contrasts his ….
-lack of u….
-cannot … after …
-i…
-is a very …. character
representation of innocence
-innocent, childlike qualities
–>contrasts his surroundings
-lack of understanding
-cannot look after himself
-irresponsible
-is a very emotioanl character
Lennie
-symbol of dreams
-tending … with …
-h… and longing for a better …
-… dream
–>l… of opportunity
-leave so he wont get into …
Symbol of dreams
-tending rabbits with george
-hope and longing for a better future
-American dream
–>land of opportunity
-leave so he wont get into trouble
Lennie
-catalyst for conflict
-lack of …
-no … skills
-causes unintentional …
-his actions p… the story f…
-a… result in his …
-gets … when he thinks his …
with … is t….
catalyst for conflict
-lack of awareness
-no social skills
-causes unintentional harm
-his actions propel the story forward
-actions result in his death
-gets angry when he thinks his relationship
with george is threatened
Lennie quotes
Representation of …
S… of dreams
C.. for c…
reflection of …
Representation of ….
“he … heavily d… his f…”
“l…, pale …”
“no more … in … than a …”
… of dreams
“t… the r…”
“Ain’t g… be no more t…”
… for …
“he h… on cause … the only thing he can … to …”
“G… gonna … I did a … thing”
“I dont … ta … you”
“why … you … to get …”
“no more … in … than a …”
reflection of …
“we got …”
“if you … want me … can go … in the …”
“… spoke …”
“… me seem .. damn … along … him”
“… like a … who … want to … a … back to its …”
“… in the … one … behind the …”
“You … get … of …”
Representation of innocence
“he walked heavily dragging his feet”
“large, pale eyes”
“no more harm in him than a kid”
symbol of dreams
“tend the rabbits”
“Ain’t gonna be no more trouble”
catalyst for conflict
“he holds on cause thats the only thing he can think to do”
“George gonna say I did a bad thing”
“I dont want ta hurt you”
“why do you got to get killed”
“no more harm in him than a kid”
reflection of friendship
“we got eachother”
“if you don’t want me i can go off in the hills”
“Lennie spoke craftily”
“made me seem God damn smart along side him”
“slowly like a terrior who doesnt want to bring a ball back to its master”
“even in the open one stayed behind the other”
“You can’t get rid of him”
Lennie
reflection of friendship
reflection of friendship
-… friendship with …
-been friends for a … time
-u…
–>both … eachother
-contrasts … realationships
–>s…. in this era
-tries to make … with …
–>doesn’t see …
reflection of friendship
-loyal friendship with george
-been friends for a long time
-unhealthy
–>both manipulate eachother
-contrasts male realationships
–>streotypes in this era
-tries to make friends with crooks
–>doesn’t see race
Crooks introduction
In the … Crooks is the only … character present, and is d… and v….. Unfortunately, the way he is treated is t… in 19.0s … due lots of … in this era. He is s… from the other workers on the ranch and is very …, but has no … but to stay as it was very … for people, especially ones of …, to find … due the Great … in …, and the mass … that … it.
In the novella Crooks is the only black character present, and is disempowered and vulnerable. Unfortunately, the way he is treated is typical in 1930’s America due lots of racism in this era. He is segreated from the other workers on the ranch and is very lonely, but has no choice but to stay as it was very difficult for people, especially ones of colour, to find work due the Great Depression in 1929, and the mass unemployment that followed it.
Crooks
Loneliness
-… company and …
-… from other …
–>stays in a … area
-results to … as a form of …
Loneliness
-craves company and companionship
-seggregated from other workers
–>stays in a separate area
-results to books as a form of
comfort
Crooks
Dreams and aspirations
-reveals … for … life
-wants to join …, George,…
-wants to have a … where his
… is guaranteed
—> because he is …
—>great …
unemployment
-dream is u…
-talks about his c…
—>how … he and his brothers
were
Dreams and aspirations
-reveals desire for better life
-wants to join Lennie, George,
Candy
-wants to have a place where his
stay is guaranteed
—> because he is black
—>great depression
unemployment
-dream is unfulfilled
-talks about his childhood
—>how close he and his brothers
were
Crooks
Symbol of discrimination
-represents broader … issues
—>r…, inequality
-… increased during … Depression
—>people directed anger at m….
-highlights how awful … people were …
Symbol of discrimination
-represents broader societal issues
—>racism, inequality
-discrimination increased during Great Depression
—>people directed anger at minorities
-highlights how awful black people were treated
crooks
Physically disabled
-obtained … through crooked …
-hard to find …
—>already … due to …
-Wall … crash led to the … Depression in …
—>… unemployment
Physically disabled
-obtained name through crooked back
-hard to find work
—>already difficult due to race
-Wall Street crash led to the Great Depression in 1929
—>mass unemployment
crooks
Intelligence and wisdom
-portrayed as … and p…
-understands d… of … on the ranch
-likes to …
—>civil … book on his …
—>wants to understand and e… what little human … he has
Intelligence and wisdom
-portrayed as wise and perceptive
-understands dynamics of power on the ranch
-likes to read
—>civil code book on his rights
—>wants to understand and enforce what little human rights he has
Crooks quotes
L…
D… and a
Symbol of d….
Physically …
I… and w…
L…
“… ain’t no …. A … needs … to be … him”
“a … gets to … an’ he gets …”
“in the same …, right in the same …”
D… and a….
“If you … would … a … to … for …”
“in the .. room, … in the … bed”
Symbol of ….
“he had … more … than he could … on his …”
“You … no … to come in my …”
“They’ll … ya up with a …, like a …”
“you guys …’ in an’ …’ made me …”
Physically …
“he … more … than he could … on his …”
I… and w…
“a … dictionary”
“… civil …”
“large …-rimmed …”
Loneliness
“Books ain’t no good. A guy needs somebody to be near him”
“a guy gets to lonely an’ he gets sick”
“in the same room, right in the same bed”
Dreams and aspirations
“If you guys would want a hand to work for nothing”
“in the same room, right in the same bed”
Symbol of discrimination
“he had accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back”
“You got no right to come in my room”
“They’ll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog”
“you guys comin’ in an’ settin’ made me forget”
Physically disabled
“he accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back”
Intelligence and wisdom
“a tattered dictionary”
“California civil code”
“large gold-rimmed spectacles”
george introduction
In the … George is seen as a …, short-… but loving and d… friend who never … his … to … no matter the problems they f…. He is regularly seen as a f… who guides … through life by p…. him and helping him a… trouble. George is also one of … who falls under the … of the “… Dream” as his … for a better … is left u….
In the novella George is seen as a smart, short-tempered but loving and devoted friend who never weakened his commitment to Lennie no matter the problems they faced. He is regularly seen as a figure who guides Lennie through life by protecting him and helping him avoid trouble. George is also one of many who falls under the influence of the “American Dream” as his hope for a better future is left unfulfilled.
george
symbol of dreams
-d… to own a … farm with …
and candy
-represents hope and l… for a better
…
symbol of dreams
-dream to own a private farm with Lennie
and candy
-represents hope and longing for a better
future
george
voice of reason and protector of lennie
-he acts as a … figure towards …
–>always telling him …
-often c…. Lennie’s i…
behviour
-helps n…. Lennie around the C… they face
-he makes … decisions under
… to keep them out of …
voice of reason and protector of lennie
-he acts as a parental figure towards lennie
–>always telling him off
-often condradicts Lennie’s impulsive
behviour
-helps navigate Lennie around the
challenges they face
-he makes practical decisions under
pressure to keep them out of trouble
george
reflection of friendship
reflection of friendship
-shows … friendship and …
-stayed together for a long … of …
–>c… most … relationships
–>against the … in …
–>male’s jobs were to … and provide
for the …
-also …, they manipulate e…
reflection of friendship
-shows true friendship and loyalty
-stayed together for a long period of time
–>contradicts most male relationships
–>against the norm in society
–>male’s jobs were to work and provide
for the family
-also toxic, they manipulate eachother
George
Loneliness
-although … has Lennie, Lennie is
… emotionally … or present
-more of a … than a friend
-has to … look … him
–>very d…
-cannot have proper c…. with
Lennie because he lacks i….
Loneliness
-although george has Lennie, Lennie is
not emotionally intelligent or present
-more of a son than a friend
-has to constantly look after him
–>very draining
-cannot have proper conversations with
Lennie because he lacks intelligence
George
moral dilemma
-has to make a very … decision to …
… or not
-goes against all his m…
-he knows he has no other …
-better for not only …, as he cant be
held …, but also for george and the
… around him
-reflects the c… of their f…
-highlights r… of their h…
environment
moral dilemma
-has to make a very hard decision to kill
Lennie or not
-goes against all his morals
-he knows he has no other options
-better for not only lennie, as he cant be
held captive, but also for george and the
others around him
-reflects the complexity of their friendship
-highlights realities of their harsh
environment
George quotes
… of dreams
… of reason and … of …
reflections of …
L….
M… dilemma
… of dreams
“We’d … there.”
“a room to …”
… of reason and … of …
“you get in …. You do … things and I … to … you …”
“… let … pull … in”
“… you even take a … at that …”
“… never … it in …”
“He … on … immediately”
reflections of friendship
“He’s my… ,,,,”
“made me … so … damn … alongside of …”
“I … been …, an’ i … now. Thats a … i want … to …”
L…
“…, like a … who … want to … a … back to its …”
“I … got no …”
moral …
“his … was as … and tight as …”
“he said w…”
“George … and … at the …”
“… sat … on the …”
“Ain’t … be … more …”
“he said s…”
Symbol of dreams
“We’d belong there.”
“a room to ourself”
voice of reason and protector of Lennie
“you get in trouble. You do bad things and I got to get you out”
“Don’t let him pull you in”
“Don’t you even take a look at that bitch”
“Lennie never done it in meanness”
“He was on guard immediately”
reflections of friendship
“He’s my… cousin”
“made me feel so god damn smart alongside of him”
“I never been mad, an’ i ain’t now. Thats a thing i want you to know”
Loneliness
“slowly, like a terrior who doesnt want to bring a ball back to its master”
“I ain’t got no people”
moral dilemma
“his face was as hard and tight as wood”
“he said woodenly”
“George shivered and looked at the gun”
“George sat stiffly on the bank”
“Ain’t gonna be no more trouble”
“he said shakily”
Curley introduction
In the … Curley is the … son and is the main r… in this novel of the land-… class. His … character trait is i… as he constantly tries to d… those around him to a… his d…. He creates conditions of f… and … for his w… on the … to make up for his ulimate … of ….
In the novella Curley is the boss’s son and is the main representative in this novel of the land-owning class. His primary character trait is insecurity as he constantly tries to degrade those around him to assert his dominance. He creates conditions of fear and isolation for his workers on the ranch to make up for his ulimate lack of power.
curley
aggressive nature
-displays … and hostility to o…
-used to try and assert …
-g… about his ability to …
–>to prove his m… to others
–>uses this to t… people
–> gets p… to stay away from his …
aggressive nature
-displays aggression and hostility to others
-used to try and assert dominance
-gloats about his ability to fight
–>to prove his masculinity to others
–>uses this to threaten people
–> gets people to stay away from his wife
curley
insecurity
-behaviour r… feelings of i…
-constant need to put … others
-prove his … to not only others
but also …
-wears … boots because he is s…
-f… alot to make up for his …
-feels … by … men
–>j…
insecurity
-behaviour reflects feelings of inadequacy
-constant need to put down others
-prove his masculinity to not only others
but also himself
-wears healed boots because he is short
-fights alot to make up for his height
-feels threatened by big men
–>jealousy
curley
unhealthy relationships
-is very … over his …
-always trying to c… her
–>makes her life m…
-worried his … will be u…
–>makes him more i…
-violence is r… through his …
she snapps at other …
–>c…, candy, l…, George
-… relationship
-… her purely as a … object
–>s… marriage, no emotional c… with …
-was not … when she …, only angry
–>wanted to get … rather than s…
with her
unhealthy relationships
-is very possessive over his wife
-always trying to control her
–>makes her life miserable
-worried his wife will be unfaithful
–>makes him more insecure
-violence is reflected through his wife
she snapps at other workers
–>crooks, candy, Lennie, George
-toxic relationship
-sees her purely as a sexual object
–>shallow marriage, no emotional
connection with eachother
-was not sad when she died, only angry
–>wanted to get lennie rather than stay
with her
