Loneliness and dreams in Of Mice and Men
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- Created on: 16-05-15 23:50
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- Loneliness and Dreams
- Lennie
- Not fearful of lonliness
- Becomes angry when Crooks suggests that George wont come back to him
- Him and George share the dream of owning their land
- Dreams of tending to his own rabbits
- George
- One of the only characters who's not lonely- he has Lennie
- Shares a dream with Lennie to own some land and live in freedom
- Curley's Wife
- Only female on the ranch
- Married to a man she doesn't love+ he doesn't love her
- Dreams of being a moviestar
- Tries using her femininity to befriend the ranchmen
- Candy
- Has nothing left when they shoot his dog
- Dreaded losing his only true companion
- Joins George and Lennies plan of owning their own land
- Crooks
- Lives in enforced solitude, away from the other men
- Only black man around
- Dreams of being seen as equal
- V knowledgeable of his rights
- Lennie
- "Whats the matter with me? Ain't i got a right to talk to nobody?"
- "I get lonely"
- "You can talk to people but i can't talk to nobody but Curley"
- "I coulda made something of myself"
- "I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse and yo ain't wanted in my room"
- "Long as you won't get out and leave me alone, you might as well set down"
- "I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same damn thing in their heads"
- "...If you...guys would want hand to work for nothing-just his keep, why 'd come an' lend a hand."
- "I didn' mean it. Jus' foolin'. I wouldn' want to go no place like that"
- "I wish somebody would shoot e when i become useless"
- "I ain't got no relatives or nothing"
- "S'pose i went in with you guys."
- "If you don' want me i can go off in the hills an' find a cave. I can go away any time"
- "It ain't so funny, him an' me goin' aroun' together"
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