Of mice and men Isolation quotes

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" And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away."
this shows that she is almost scared of being isolated as she has been her whole life. She does not even have a name displaying thoughts od being forgotten, This makes her isolated as she feels like she has no one to talk to,
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" They play cards but I can't play because I'm black"
The Ranch people has isolated Crooks due to his colour. This shows them as hypocritical as they are desperate for a friend yet they deny the chance of someone having one. The harshness of the world is seeping through their own actions.
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"Soledad"
means loneliness in Spanish. The title "Of Mice and Men" may be seen as a warning for the whole novel as it came from Robbie Burns's poem "To a Mouse" which translates as `no matter how well be plan the future, things often go wrong'.
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"A guy on a ranch don't never listen nor he don't ast no questions."
Candy gives us a pretty good definition of an isolated person: someone who doesn't ask questions and someone who doesn't listen—in other words, not much of a conversationalist. Friendships are rare as no one speaks.
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"I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other."
Steinbeck presents an idea that having a friend is a dream yet no one helps each other accomplishing this dream by being scared of each other. Maybe it is not each other they are scared of maybe it is too dangerous?
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Card 2

Front

" They play cards but I can't play because I'm black"

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The Ranch people has isolated Crooks due to his colour. This shows them as hypocritical as they are desperate for a friend yet they deny the chance of someone having one. The harshness of the world is seeping through their own actions.

Card 3

Front

"Soledad"

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

"A guy on a ranch don't never listen nor he don't ast no questions."

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

"I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other."

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

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