Quotes Flashcards
(5 cards)
Loneliness
“Guys like us that work on ranches are the longest guys in the world” everyone- hyperbole
“A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”-crooks repetition of nobody to show deep isolation
“I never get to talk to nobody. I get awfully lonely “- cw
“We got somebody to talk to”- George and Lennie - contrast to everyone else
George and Lennie friendship
“We’re gonna””live of the fatta the lan”- collective pronoun shows friendship, contrast in way of speech George in a realistic way Lennie in a childish way
“I ain’t mad. I have never been mad”- direct address at the climax of the novella this shows the love George has for Lennie and how he reassures himself that Lennie is happy for his own self comfort in a coping mechanism way.
How is discrimination shown?
“Strung up on a tree”- cw to crooks- casual and chilling language to show how powerless he is in society as racism was embedded in society in the 1930s
“Weak ones”-foreshadowing how they all lack power in society and how Lennie lacks mental power and cw lacks physical power
American dream
“Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land” - crooks cynical tone and biting realism biblical references show how unachivable these small goals are and crooks thinks in this was as of his exclusion from opportunity due to his background in society.
“I knowed we’d never do her”- past tense to show his loss of hope and acceptance to reality showing how fragile small dreams were in this time
How is power shown
“Picking scraps with big guys” - figurative language to show his aggression as of his authority over others. Curley wants to be a boxer but lacks physical strength so he uses his social power to abuse his position in society.
“You seen what they did to my dog tonight?”- pathos to show candy has no power and how his dog is seen as useless and a liability to society so is killed foreshadowing what they will do to candy when he can no longer work
