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Cards (105)

"""I don't like nobody to get nosey""" -george-aggressive declaration of need for privacy george treatment_of_others
"""Bet she'd clear out for twenty bucks""" -by george, about curley's wife-crude assumption that she would sexually sell herself curley's_wife george treatment_of_others
"""Jesus, what a tramp""" -by george, about curley's wife-subjecting her to misogynistic insults and degrading comments curley's_wife george treatment_of_others
"""I seen 'em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her""" -by george, about curley's wife-subjecting her to misogynistic insults and degrading comments curley's_wife george treatment_of_others
"""...she's a rattrap if I ever seen one""" -by george, about curley's wife-subjecting her to misogynistic insults and degrading comments curley's_wife george treatment_of_others
"""I ain't gonna let 'em hurt Lennie""" -even after he kills curley's wife, george still insists on protecting lennie george lennie lennie's_death
"""He - would of went south""" -sending men in the wrong direction to protect lennie george lennie lennie's_death
"""Don't shoot 'im""" -george tries to save lennie from a painful death at the hands of curley george lennie lennie's_death
"""I'll tell you so you can almost see it""" -allows lennie to die happily, still hoping that their dream will come true george lennie lennie's_death
"""George raised the gun and his hand shook""" -reluctant to kill lennie, still values their friendship-emotionally traumatised by what he has to do george lennie lennie's_death
"""...at the place where the spine and skull were joined""" -same place as candy's dog was shot to give him a merciful and painless death george lennie lennie's_death
"""They had walked in a single file...one stayed behind the other""" -george literally and figuritively offers guidance to lennie george lennie george/lennie's_friendship
"""Both were dressed in denim trousers and in denim coats""" -despite their differences, their social circumstances unite them george lennie george/lennie's_friendship
"""Lennie, who had been watching imitated George exactly""" -george is a role model/father figure for lennie, who constantly seeks his approval george lennie george/lennie's_friendship
"""Jesus, you're a crazy bastard""" -george is insensitive to lennie, cruelly commenting on his mental state and mocking his child-like demeanour george lennie george/lennie's_friendship
"""Blubberin' like a baby""" -george is insensitive to lennie, cruelly commenting on his mental state and mocking his child-like demeanour george lennie george/lennie's_friendship
"George ""explode[s]"" and says ""Give it here!""" -george is easily irritated and angered by lennie-very little patience with him george lennie george/lennie's_friendship
"""Aw Lennie...I been mean, ain't I?""" -quick to show remorse and acknowledges his mistake to lennie george lennie george/lennie's_friendship
"""I could live so easy...if I didn't have you on my tail""" -george views lennie as a liability and an inconvenience-he insensitively reminds lennie how much better his life would be without him in it george lennie george/lennie's_friendship
"""You keep me in hot water all the time""" -george indicates how troublesome lennie is george lennie george/lennie's_friendship
"""...he's sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull""" -george is keen to compensate for lennie's shortcomings by highlighting his merits-reoccuring animalistic imagery of lennie george george/lennie's_friendship lennie
"""He ain't no cuckoo""" -george is consistently defending lennie and refuses to let anyone speak ill of him george lennie george/lennie's_friendship
"""Someday, we're gonna get the jack together""" -george and lennie's dream is the foundation of their friendship-gives them hope and helps them cope with life dreams george george/lennie's_friendship
"""I won't let you tend the rabbits""" -george uses the dream as a form of blackmail against lennie to moderate his behaviour dreams george george/lennie's_friendship
"""We'd belong there""" -the dream offers george a sense of belonging and a better life dreams george
"""George was on guard immediately""" -he is very defensive and protective of the dream dreams george
"""I think I know'd we'd never do her""" -george abandons the dream when lennie kills curley's wife-admits that he was never fully convinced it would be possible dreams george
"""I'll work my month and I'll take my fifty bucks""" -george believes he will fall into the sterotype of just another lonely ranch worker with a failed dream dreams george
"""I want you to stay with me, Lennie""" -despite the problems in their relationship, george still needs lennie to avoid a lonely life george george/lennie's_friendship loneliness/isolation
"""because i got you to look after me and you got me to look after you""" -george and lennie's mutual friendship benefits both of them to help fight back their fear of loneliness george george/lennie's_friendship lennie loneliness/isolation
"""Lennie was delighted"" (when listening to the dream)" -he is excited emotionally and is soothed when listening about the dream dreams lennie
"""We gonna have a little place an' rabbits""" -lennie's personal dream-rabbits symbolise innocence, fragility of dreams dreams lennie
"""snorting into the water like a horse""" -lennie-animalistic, zoomorphism-he often acts on impulse and instinct lennie mental_state
"""wiggled his fingers so the water arose in splashes""" -lennie takes childish delight in the simplest things lennie mental_state
"""He's jus' like a kid, ain't he?""" -his mental state makes him childish lennie mental_state
"""I done a bad thing""" -lennie doesn't realise the severity of what he has just done when he kills curley's wife lennie mental_state
"""I'd leave it all for you"" (when talking about the ketchup)" -lennie willingly gives up something he desires (ketchup) for george-he is affectionate towards him george/lennie's_friendship lennie
"""I ain't done nothing, George...I been good George""" -lennie's greatest fear is disappointing george, so he often asserts his innocence and good behaviour george/lennie's_friendship lennie
"""In a panic, Lennie looked at George for help""" -lennie is incapable of defending himself or functioning without george, and so always turns to him when in need george/lennie's_friendship lennie
"""Lennie was looking helplessly to George for instruction""" -lennie is incapable of defending himself or functioning without george, and so always turns to him when in need george/lennie's_friendship lennie