This post is for Freshmen only. The following assignment is due by Monday, 1/10.
In the comments section, record an entry the contains the following components:
- one significant quotation from Of Mice and Men
- the speaker of the quotation
- to whom the quotation is being spoken
- a brief context of what is happening in the scene
- the page number
- your name (to receive credit)
An important quote from Of Mice and Men is on page 96. "The men raced around the stall. Their eyes found Curley's wife in the gloom, they stopped and stood still and looked, the spell was broken"(Steinbeck 96). "Curley came suddenly to life. I know who done it, he cried. I know he done it. Why-ever'body else was playing horseshoes. I'm gonna get himI'm going for my shotgun. I'll shoot 'im in the guts. Come on, you guys. I'll get my Luger"(Steinbeck 96).
ReplyDeleteIn the first part of the quotation, there is just narration. The author is speaking to the audience or the reader. In the second part of the quotation, Curley is speaking to the workers or the guys. In this part of the book, while everyone else was playing horseshoes, Lennie was inside of the barn with Curley's wife. He started out just by talking to her, then he started stoking her hair, harder and harder. She started screaming and in panic, Lennie started stroking harder and harder instead of letting go. he closed his hand over her mouth and nose too hard, and when he finally let go, she lay still. Lennie ran out and went to the bushes. George and Candy came in after Lennie left and found out about Curley 's wife. then, Curley and the guys came in and found out about what happened and Curley started to threaten wildly to kill Lennie.
Sonya A
Period 4
When George and Lennie are on their way to the ranch, George and Lennie have a conversation about how life on the ranch is going to be great. They make plans to tend rabbits if Lennie behaves, then George starts saying "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. . . . With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don’t have to sit in no bar room blowin’ in our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us"(Steinbeck 13-14). George is explaining their friendship to Lennie. The main idea of this quote is that in life there are things that cause people to suffer and be lonely. This is the starting point where this idea unravels. Later on in the book, Candy, Curley's wife, and Crooks share their story of suffering and loneliness.
ReplyDeleteIn this scene George and Lennie just arrived at the ranch and are talking to the old swamper. Te swamper says, "Well I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is" (Steinbeck 22) to George. George responds by saying that he takes care of him because he's not to smart and was kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid.
ReplyDeleteLennie and George just arrived at the ranch and is talking to the old swamper guy. They are talking about Curly and how he likes to get in fights. The old swamper tells Lennie and George,"Curley's like a lot of guys. He hates big guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys" (Steinbeck 26). This is important because later on Lennie gets in a fight with Curley because Curley just thinks Lennie is making fun of him. It makes him fell tougher if he fights with a bigger guy.
ReplyDelete"Take Curley. His hair is jus' like wire. But mine is soft and fine"(Steinbeck,90). At this point of the scene is where it started to shift gears. Curley's wife and Lennie was at the barn talking. Then she said "Feel right aroun' there an' see how soft it is"(Stenbeck, 90) Then suddenly Curley's wife made the wrong choice of letting Lennie do that. Suddenly Curley's wife screams "LET GO. YOU LET GO!" (Steinbeck,91). Lennie was so scared that he might get introuble he started to strangle her. He wasn't doing this on purpose. He accidently killed Curley's wife because he's so strong ang huge and she's so small compared to him. That he killed her with is big hands. This scene is so important because this was the scene when the book became serious and the mood basically changes.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Han
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Slim and Carlson were trying to convince Candy that killing his old and suffering dog would be the best for the dog and everyone. Candy had a hard time saying okay and letting go, for he had the dog for many years and felt he couldn’t do that to the dog. Eventually he agreed and was filled with pain and regret. Later he said to George “I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog” (Steinbeck 61). Even though it was hard for Candy to agree to have someone shoot his dog that he has had ever since the dog was a pup, it was the right thing to do especially since the dog was probably going to die soon anyways. Sometimes the right thing to do is not easy.
ReplyDelete“A guy needs somebody--to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody.
ReplyDeleteDon’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you." (Steinbeck 24). This quotation occurs in the book "of Mice and Men" when Lennie wanders into crooks small room cluelessly. Crooks says this quotation to Lennie as he explains how hard it is to live alone like this and how bad company is better than no company at all.
"Lennie-if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush" (Steinbeck 15). In this part of the book George is speaking to Lennie telling him that whatever trouble Lennie gets into he should come back to the brush, George is telling Lennie this because Lennie has gotten into trouble before, and they need a back up plan if Lennie does anything that can get both of them into trouble. Lennie and George are both sitting by the lake eating beans talking about their future ranch they want to buy when this happens.
ReplyDelete"you guys better come on while they's still got something to eat"(Steinbeck 36). This quotation was spoken by Slim for George and Lennie. In this part of the book Slim had just told George and Lennie about the puppies he had, and Lennie was so excited because George had promised Lennie that he would get him something big like a dog that he could strok without killing.
ReplyDelete"No, Lennie. Look down there acrost the river, like you can almost see the place"(Steinbeck 106). After George finds Lennie in the brush where he tells Lennie to go if he gets in trouble, this is what he tells Lennie. He reminds him of the place that they've always wanted to buy and he is saying goodbye to Lennie before he sends Lennie to that place.
ReplyDelete"Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want."(Steinbeck11). this quote starts out by saying how people always want what they don't have. That happens to everyone. After that, George is angry and starts to say that he would have a better life without Lennie. George was angry, and he said some things that he didn't mean even if they were true. People can relate to george because they do get angry with other people and they can go to far sometimes. Lennie felt really bad after George said that because he knew it was true.
ReplyDelete"I used to have a hell of a lot of fun with 'im 'cause he was too dumb to take care of 'imself... Tell you what made me stop that. He damn near drowned before we could get him... I told him to jump in" (Steinbeck 40). George is telling Slim of how he used to be with Lennie and how he treated him for being dumb. Lennie never had a bad reaction and was never mad at him. George would beat him up and tell Lennie to do anything while Lennie just listened. George always felt smart next to Lennie, but it all changed when Lennie almost drowned in a river because George had told him to jump in. George pulls him out, and Lennie treats George so well because he saved him even though it was George's fault in the first place. George learns how bad it was for him to treat Lennie like that and comes to his senses. He's never took advantage of Lennie ever again.
ReplyDelete“Well s’pose, jus’ s’pose he don’t come back. What’ll you do then?” (Steinbeck 72). This quotation is Crooks, the stable buck, teasing Lennie about George leaving Lennie. In this chapter of the book, we learn about Crook’s attitude about the other workers, and why he is so bitter to the other workers. We also see how dependent Lennie is on George again.
ReplyDelete"You're nuts, but you're a kinda nice fella. Jus' like a big baby"(Steinbeck 90). In this scene Curley's wife is talking to Lennie about how Lennie loves to feel velvet and that he is a weird fella. Also, Lennie tells her how he wants to have a little place for rabbits.
ReplyDelete"Answer when your spoken to" (Steinbeck 31). This quote is showing the personality of Curly. Curly is a very rude man and very controlling. You can tell from this quote that he's controlling because he is trying to make sure people listen to him always.
ReplyDelete"You never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of 'em here. Think I'd let you carry your own work card?" (Steinbeck 5). This quote from George to Lennie shows that George takes care of Lennie and easily gets annoyed with him. We also see that Lennie depends on George for important things such as his work card.
ReplyDelete“S’pose they was a carnival or a circus come to town, or a ball game, or any damn thing.” Old Candy nodded in appreciation of the idea. “We’d just go to her,” George said. “We wouldn’t ask nobody if we could. Jus’ say, ‘We’ll go to her,’ an’ we would. Jus’ milk the cow and sling some grain to the chickens an’ go to her.”(Steinbeck 23). George is describing his vision of the farm to Candy. George at first, told Candy to mind his own business. As soon as Candy offers up his life savings for a down payment on the property, George's vision of the farm becomes even more real.
ReplyDelete"You got no rights comin' in a colored man's room. You got no rights messing around in here at all"(Steinbeck 80). This quote is being spoken by Crooks towards Curley's wife. Crooks is explaining to Curley's wife that even though he is black, he still has rights and they need to respect those rights. We also develop a sense of relationship between these two characters.
ReplyDelete"Well-she got the eye,"(Steinbeck 28). This was a quote said by the swamper to George. This is showing what the swamper thinks of Curlys wife, and that he also resents Curly because he constantly gossips about him. This also sets up the reader to see what Curly's wife is like, a tart.
ReplyDelete"No. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now. That's a thing I want ya to know" (Steinbeck 106) is what George said to Lennie right before he killed him. George killed Lennie to stop Lennie's suffering from killing the woman just moments ago. George might not want to kill Lennie, but he thinks it's the best way to substitute for all the pain and suffering the other men would give Lennie for what he did.
ReplyDelete"I seen too many guys with land in their head. they never get none under their hand" (Steinbeck 76). This was said by Candy to Lennie. Lennie was telling Candy and Crooks about the piece of land George promised him. Crooks says it isn't possible but Candy wants to go with them because he has money. This is the ppart where there is hope that they could really get the land. The dream actually becomes a possibilty.
ReplyDelete"A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shallows." (Steinbeck 1) This quote sets the scenery of the book and it shows what and how it is today.
ReplyDelete"Let the big guy talk" said Curley
ReplyDelete"S'pose he don't wanna talk" George responded
"By Christ, he's gotta stalk when he's spoke to! What the hell are you gettin' into it for?"(Steinbeck25). This is a dialogue between George and Curley when they first met. This is when they find out that Curley has a bad attitude and they shouldn't pick a fight with him. This happened on page 25.
Josh Konrad
"They had walked in a single file down the path, and even in the open one stayed behind the other. Both were dressed in denim trousers and in denim costs with brass buttons. Both wore black, shapeless hats and both carried tight blanket rolls slung over their shoulders" (Steinbeck 2). This shows George and Lennie's relationship from the start. Steinbeck establishes the way they do everything together and have eachother's backs with mundane actions. The author is narrating what George and Lennie are doing.
ReplyDelete"First chance I get I'll give you a pup. Maybe you wouldn't kill it" (Steinbeck 13). George is saying this to Lennie, because he keeps petting mice to hard and killing them. This is in the beginning of the book, and it is a foreshadow of later in the book, because George gave him a dog and he killed it when George wouldn't think he would. Also this happens to be the biggest problem of the book, when he kills Curley's wife because he wouldn't let go of her hair.
ReplyDelete" 'Guys... that work on ranches, are the loniest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch and work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they're pound-in' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to' " (Steinbeck 35). The speaker of this quote is George. The Quote is directly spoken to Lennie, but the quote is talking about people who work on ranches. This quote takes place before George and Lennie reach the ranch. They camp for the night in a outside and George is talking about his dream about having his own ranch and farm.
ReplyDeleteSAMMY KIM
8th Period