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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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On the sandbanks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.
Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers so the water
arose in little splashes.
We kinda look after each other.
Maybe everbody in the whole damned world is scared of each other.
I aint got no peopleI seen guys that go around on the ranches alone. That
aint no good.
Got kinda used to each other after a while.
We could live offa the fatta the lan
I dint mean no harm, George
Instantly the table was brilliant with light.
Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Jus somthin that was his.
I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldnt ought to of let no
stranger shoot my dog.
Crooks had retired in to the terrible protective dignity of the negro.
She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young.
Think I dont like to talk to somebody ever once in a while? Think I like to
stick in that house alla time?
Why do you got to get killed? You aint so little as mice.
I think I knowed wed never do her.
Lennie never done it in meanness All the time he done bad things, but he
never done one of em mean.
Hide in the brush an wait for George
You hadda, George. I swear, you hadda.
I tried, Aunt Clara, maam. I tried and tried.
QUOTES AND CHARACTERS
Slim
He is godlike and moved with majesty
understanding beyond thought
there was a gravity in his mannerall talk stopped when he spoke
His hand, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple
dancer
George
small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features
What the hell kind of bed you giving us, anyways. We dont want no pants
rabbits.
You keep away from Curley, Lennie.
Lennie
a huge man, shapeless of face and he walked the way a bear drags his
paws. His arms hung loosely.
An I wont get no mice stole from me.
Come on George. Tell me. Please, George. Like you done before.
[Lennie] can put up more grain alone than most pairs can.
He was so scairt he couldnt let go of that dress. And hes so damn strong,
you know.
Sure hes jes like a kid. There aint no more harm in him than a kid neither,
except hes so strong.
I didnt want to trouble.
Me an him goes ever place together.
Why do you got to get killed? You aint so little as mice. I didnt bounce you
hard.
I done a real bad thing, he said, I shouldnt have did that. Georgell be
mad.
Candy
Tall, stoop shouldered old man
a drag-footed sheep dog, grey of muzzle and with pale, blind old eyes (The
description of Candys dog reflects a description of Candy himself)
Curley
He hates big guys. Hes alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like
hes mad at em because he aint a big guy.
Curley says hes keeping that hand soft for his wife.
I dont like Curley. He aint a nice fella.
Curleys wife
She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her
fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages.
Think Im gonna stay in that two-by-four house and listen how Curleys gonna
lead with his left twice, and then bring in the ol right cross?
You know what I can do to you of you open your trap?
He says he was gonna put me in the movies.
She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young.
Crooks
Nice fella too. Got a crooked back where a horse kicked him. The boss
gives him hell when hes mad. But the stable buck dont give a damn about
that. He reads a lot. Got books in his room.
Crooks was a proud, aloof man his eyes seemed to glitter with intensity
he had thin, pain tightened lips.
I aint wanted in the bunk house Cause Im black.
I had enough, he said coldly. You got no rights comin in a colored mans
room.
Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no ego
nothing to arouse either like or dislike.
Nobody gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.
You guys is just kiddin yourself. Youll talk about it a hell of a lot, but you
wont get no land.
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