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“Guys like us, that
work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the
world. They got no family. They don’t belong
no place. They come to a ranch an’ work up a
stake and then they go inta town and blow their
stake, and the first thing you know they’re
poundin’ their tail on some other ranch. They
ain’t got nothing to look ahead to.” p28

We can see that most guys don't have much to look forward too. In other words, this quote provides us with the information that it's hard to look forward to something when all you do is try to make money which you lose very soon after.

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"I want you to stay with me... even if she is dead" page 31
This quote provides us with the information that George is very loyal to Lennie and won't betray him. It,s like they are brothers form another mother.

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'' I hardly never seen two guys travel together. You know how the hands are, they just come ... little guy like you traveling together''. p65
This quote shows us their odd friendship that makes them three times closer.

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I hardly never seen two guys travel together. You know how the hands are, they just come ... little guy like you traveling together''. p65

This quote provides with the information that during the 1930's, lots of people were lonely and would travel alone, just to have a better chance to get a job and it made travelling a lot easierl.

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first man was small and quick, dark of face,
with restless eyes and sharp, strong features.
Every part of him was defined: small, strong
hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose. p19

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Very mature, independant, smart

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 S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you
couldn’t go into the bunk house and play
rummy ’cause you was black. How’d you like j
that? S’pose you had to sit out here an’ read j
books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got
dark, but then you got to read books. Books j
ain’t no good. A guy needs somebody— to be
near him.” He whined, “A guy goes nuts if he j
ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who j
the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya,” he J
cried, “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” p127

I find this quote fantastic, because it puts us in the shoes of a black man in the years 1930. We can see that they(Crooks) were very isolated, meaning that they could only do stuff by themslef and they were very lonely, because they wanted to have conversations but no one would listen, so there was no point.

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 Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a
while? Think I like to stick in that house alia
time?” p136

This quote is a huge reference to loneliness. We can see that Curley's wife is very lonely, because all she gets to do is follow Culey's foot steps. In other words, she is stuck in Curley's shadow, so no one want's to talk to her. She expresses her feelings of always being stuck inside and never being able to talk to anyone.

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''They looked at one
another, amazed. This thing they had never
really believed in was coming true.''p106

Candy, Lennie and Geaorge have it allfigured out, they will get a house soon with their own land. It's like there dreams are coming true and there plans are now all adding up and working.

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Nother time I met
a guy, an’ he was in pitchers. Went out to the
Riverside Dance Palace with him. He says he
was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a
natural. Soon’s he got back to Hollywood he
was gonna write to me about it.”I ast her if she
stole it, too, an’ she says no. So I married Cur-
ley''p153

We can see that Curley's wife also had dreams when she was little. She wanted to be an actress, but her dreams were shattered quickly after the thought of it. That is why she married Curley.

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“Look, Candy.
This of dog jus’ suffers hisself all the time. If
you was to take him out and shoot him right in
the back of the head—” he leaned over and
pointed, “—right there, why he’d never know
what hit him.” p80

This quote shows us that violence is present right from the start. In this context, Candy and some guy are talking about killing teh dog from the back so he can't see it coming.

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She struggled violently under his hands. Her
feet battered on the hay and she writhed to be
free; and from under Lennie’s hand came a
muffled screaming.''p158

Lenny is hurting Curley's wife. This shows violence do to the fact that Lennie is hurting Curley's wife and will even take her life after a while.

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Curley jumped out the door and banged it
after him.
“I guess maybe I’d like to see
this,” he said. “Curley’s just spoilin’ or he
wouldn’t start for Slim. An’ Curley’s handy, God
damn handy. Got in the finals for the Golden
Gloves. He got newspaper clippings about it.”
He considered. “But jus’ the same, he better
leave Slim alone. Nobody don’t know what
Slim can do.” p95-96

Curley and Slim are having a conflict, because Curley thinks that his wife is with Slim. He gets angry and decides to cause drama for no reason.

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Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shape-
less of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, slop- ing shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging
his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws.
His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung
loosely. p9

Lennie choked with pride. “I can remember,”p32

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Lennie is gentle, prideful(sometimes), mentally challenged, very dependant.

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 Slim’s a jerk-
line skinner. Hell of a nice fella. Slim don’t need
to wear no high-heeled boots on a grain team.p52A tall man stood in the doorway. He held a
crushed Stetson hat under his arm while he
combed his long, black, damp hair straight back.
Like the others he wore blue jeans and a short
denim jacket. When he had finished combing his
hair he moved into the room, and he moved with
a majesty only achieved by royalty and master
craftsmen. He was a jerkline skinner, the prince
of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen,
even twenty mules with a single line to the lead-
ers. He was capable of killing a fly'' p52

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Knows his way around the ranch

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“Curley’s pretty
handy. He done quite a bit in the ring. He’s a
lightweight, and he’s handy.” p49

Seems
like Curley is cockier’n ever since he got mar-
ried.” p50

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Short Tempered, Agressive, very jealous when it comes to wife

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“Me an’ you.”p184

In this quote, Lennie and George are talking about them having a ranch in the future and George makes sure to tell Lennie that they will stick together forever.

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Crooks was a proud, aloof man'' p117

''CROOKS, the negro stable buck,''

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Lonely, isolated, bullied, not happy. Overall sad man

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 Old Candy, the swamper p78

Not much on Candy

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Sweet, attached, loyal, trustworthy, emotional, hopeful