Of mice and men character quotes

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  • Created by: Amy
  • Created on: 03-04-11 13:01
"a thin young man with a brown face, with brown eyes and a head of tightly curled hair"
Curley
1 of 18
"...small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features."
George
2 of 18
"In one hand he held a bottle of liniment, and with the other he rubbed his spine."
Crooks
3 of 18
"a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders"
Lennie
4 of 18
"The door opened and a tall, stoop-shouldered old man came in. He was dressed in blue jeans and he carried a big push-broom in his left hand."
Candy
5 of 18
"...a little fat old woman. She wore thick bull's-eye glasses and she wore a huge gingham apron with pockets, and she was starched and clean."
Aunt Clara
6 of 18
"[His] face lighted with pleasure in his torture"
Crooks
7 of 18
" 'Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?' "
Carlson
8 of 18
"A young laboring man came in. His sloping shoulders were bent forward and he walked heavily on his heels, as though he carried the invisible grain bag."
Whit
9 of 18
"His hatchet face was ageless. He might have been thirty-five or fifty."
Slim
10 of 18
"he moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen"
Slim
11 of 18
"A powerful, big-stomached man"
Carlson
12 of 18
" 'Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody never gets no land.' "
Crooks
13 of 18
" 'You George! You stick with us so we don't think you had nothin' to do with this.' "
Curley
14 of 18
" 'I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.' "
Candy
15 of 18
" 'It don't make no difference' "
George
16 of 18
" 'Maybe there was a time when we was scared of gettin' canned, but we ain't no more. We got our own lan', and it's ours, an' we c'n go to it.' "
Candy
17 of 18
"A little stocky man stood in the open doorway. He wore blue jean trousers, a flannel shirt, a black, unbuttoned vest, and a black coat. His thumbs were stuck in his belt, on each side of a square steel buckle."
The Boss
18 of 18

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Card 2

Front

"...small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features."

Back

George

Card 3

Front

"In one hand he held a bottle of liniment, and with the other he rubbed his spine."

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

"a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders"

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

"The door opened and a tall, stoop-shouldered old man came in. He was dressed in blue jeans and he carried a big push-broom in his left hand."

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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Comments

Bethany

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Useful, made me think, unlike a lot of these quizzes! ;) thanks

Myst3riousG1rl

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was quite difficult, but you want that in a quiz sometimes :)

Esme

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Thanks! Nice quotes x

ben

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cheers

Kate

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thanks, it was quite hard in some places. a good thing! :)

bry

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100% boom! still ******** my english GCSE tomorrow though, please feel free to kill me :(

Amy

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You're welcome everyone :)

Oh dear! How'd it go?

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