English lit

• Curleys wife discrimination

  Jesus, what a tramp

  she’s a rat trap if I ever seen one

  we ain’t got nothin to say to you at all, so maybe you better just scatter along now
• Curleys wife dreams

  I coulda made some thing off myself she said darkly maybe I will yet

  He says I could go with that show he says he was gonna put me in the movies says I am a natural
• Curleys wife relationship with Curley

  Well, that fulla Vaseline curly says he’s keeping that hand soft for his wife

  sure I got a husband you all seen him swell guy, ain’t he

  I’m glad you bust up Curley a little bit he got it comin to him sometimes I’d like to bust him myself
• Curleys, wife, loneliness/isolation

  I’m looking for curley. Sometimes Curley in here.

  hi good lokin

  I get lonely she said you can talk to people, but I can’t to nobody but Curley else he gets mad how do you like not to talk to nobody
• Curleys, wife [extra notes]

  She has not got a name Dash she is seen as a possession of curly [sexism in the 1930s]

  It could be said that curly uses her to show off. [trophy wife]. Curly appears to only be interested in her sexually. He uses how to enhance his image.

  The only time curly and his wife I seen together is when she is dead and yet he still shows no respect
• Curleys wife, her death

  Her body flopped like a fish, and then was still for Lennie had broken her neck

  now candy spoke his greatest fear. You and me can get that little place. Can’t we George.?
• Curleys wife, treatment of others

  They left all the week ones here

  A bunch of Bindie stiffs – a Nigger I’m a dumdum

  and a lousy ol sheep

  Well, you keep your place then nigger I could get you strung upon a tree so easy it ain’t even funny
• Curleys wife physical description

  Her fingernails were red… She wore a cotton house, dress and red mules on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers
• Slim physical description

  He moved with her Majesty achieved only by royalty and master craftsman

  Capable of driving, 10 16 even 20 mules with a single line to the leaders he was capable of killing a fly on the whellers butt with a bowl wet
• Slim views/values

  It’s brighter an a bitch outside he said gently – he is optimistic and hopeful

  It was nothing… No need to thank me about that
• Slim friendship

  Well, she got an eye I seen her give slim the eye I seen her give Carlson the eye

  Not many guys travel around together he mused I don’t know why maybe ever body in the whole damn world is scared of each other
• Slim power/influence

  There was a gravity and his mother of a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke

  like the others, he wore blue jeans and a short denim jacket
• Slim how others view him

  Slims are real Skinner. He looks out for his team.

  I didn’t mean nothing slim I just asked you… I didn’t mean nothing. I just thought you might’ve saw her.
• Slim treatment of others

  Hi, good looking

  Hope you get on my team
• Candy, physical description


  I drag footed sheepdog gray of muzzle and with Pale blind, old eyes. The dog struggled, lamely to the side of the room and lay down, grunting softly to himself

  I wished somebody shoot me if I get old and cripple – slim
• Conde power on ranch

  The old swamper

  They left all the week ones here
• Candy treatment of others

  The swamper warmed to his gossip

  We got friends that’s what we got

  Well, I think curly married a tart
• Candy loneliness

  The guys went to Soledad and Ria’s towel… I didn’t go in there I ain’t got the poop no more

  I ain’t got no relatives or nothing

  Suppose I went with you guys
• Candy friendships

  I ain’t interested in nothing you was saying, a guy on a ranch don’t ever listen nor he don’t ask no questions.

  I had him so long, had him since he was a pup… I’m so used to him he said softly I had him for a pup.
• candy dreams

  that’d be four fifty I bet her we could swing her for that

  Now Candy spoke his greatest fear. You and me can still get that little place. Can’t we, George… can’t we George can’t we
• Crooks physical description

  Crocs had his Apple box over his bunk, and in it a range of medicine bottlesfor both him on the horses

  his body is bent over to the left by his crooked back, and his eyes lay deep and his head
• Crooks friendship

  Suppose George doesn’t come back no more what will you do then… Well, I suppose just suppose he didn’t come back. What are you do then?

  A guy goes nuts. If he ain’t got nobody don’t make a difference who the guy is as long as he’s with you
• crooks dreams

  He hesitated… If you guys would want to hame to work for nothing just his keep why don’t I come and lend a hand – I ain’t so crippled I can’t work like a son of a bitch if I want to
• Crooks. Prejudiced/discrimination.

  The boss gives him hell when he’s mad

  give the stable buck hell? He asked sure ya see the stable bucks a nigger
• Crooks power

  You got no right to come in my room this here’s my room. Nobody got Any right in here but me.

  A copy of the California civil code for 1905

  If I say something, why is it just a Nager saying that this is just a Nager talking so it don’t mean anything
• Crooks, loneliness/isolation

  In the harness room: a little shed that land of the wall of the barn

  The white kids come to play at our place, and sometimes I want to play with them… Had two brothers they was always near me always there
• curly relationship with his wife

  I don’t like curly he aint a nice fella

  You seen a girl around here? He demanded angrily. Well what the hell was she doing?

  He spends half of his time looking for her on the rest of the time she is looking for him