Sunday, June 22, 2014

Of Mice and Men quotes and notes 1/11/2013

Of Mice and Men
"they run us outta Weed."

stake

red, blue and green rabbits

pants rabbits

"Then how come he got graybacks?"

"...so much trouble for another 
guy.... what your interest is[?]"

swamper

big guys v little guys (george v boss' son)(Lennie v Slim)

"raw eggs and writin' to the patent medicine houses"

"...don't know a barley bag from a blue ball"

"Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other." (Curly's wife also mentions this being scared of each other)

George's confession to Slim

God

"Guy don't need no sense to be a nice fella.[...] sometimes it jus' works the other way around"

Lennie re playing cards: "why is both ends the same?"

"...set on the trigger of the hoosegow."

stable buck, Crooks: "It's just talking[...]being with another guy.... 
Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody---to be near him[...to help measure what's goin' on...] he gets too lonely an' he gets sick."

Crooks again: "Nobody gets to heaven and nobody gets no land."  cf. Waiting for Godot.

Crooks' liniment for his back(?)
tenement ( tournament)


George's final kindness...

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