OMAM hopes and dreams quotes

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"I remember about the rabbits, George." "The hell with the rabbits. That's all you can ever remember is them rabbits."
This shows that Lennie is extremely naive and innocent as his only concern in life is rabbits and this is starting to irritate George as he has a lot of other issues on his plate.
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"Well, we ain't got any," George exploded.
This symoblises the fact that everyone wants what they can't have, this is shown by Lennie wanting some ketchup but they haven't got any and George is aware of this. In the bigger picture, it means that they cannot have the dream they're striving for
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"...and if we want a little whisky we can just sell a few eggs or something, or some milk."
In this quote George seems more certain of the dream coming true and now it's almost a plan. If he's discussing little details, the whisky for instance, he's now more convinced it's achievable.
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"When Candy spoke the both jumped as though they had been caught doing something reprehensible."
All George and Lennie were doing was talking about their dream but once someone else is in earshot they act like they've been stealing. For Candy to hear them talking about this is as though he's heard their secret or at a point of vunerability.
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"They fell into a silence."
They finally have some hope of achieving their dream as Candy has offered to contribute financially to help them along and money is the difference between the dream and the plan and Lennie has just realised that it's serious and not just a story.
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[Crooks] hesitated. "... If you... guys would want a hand to work for nothing-..."
Crooks has a dream too, although a sad one. He wants to become a slave again. Life back then was especially hard for black men, they got wages so low they could hardly survive. So Crooks is showing desperation to find employment.
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This symoblises the fact that everyone wants what they can't have, this is shown by Lennie wanting some ketchup but they haven't got any and George is aware of this. In the bigger picture, it means that they cannot have the dream they're striving for

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"Well, we ain't got any," George exploded.

Card 3

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In this quote George seems more certain of the dream coming true and now it's almost a plan. If he's discussing little details, the whisky for instance, he's now more convinced it's achievable.

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Card 4

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All George and Lennie were doing was talking about their dream but once someone else is in earshot they act like they've been stealing. For Candy to hear them talking about this is as though he's heard their secret or at a point of vunerability.

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Card 5

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They finally have some hope of achieving their dream as Candy has offered to contribute financially to help them along and money is the difference between the dream and the plan and Lennie has just realised that it's serious and not just a story.

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