... worker. Strong as a bull.' (43) He depends on George for everything. They are two men who travel around America together trying to find ranch work. "George ..I ain't got mine. I musta lost it.'" He looked down at the ground in despair. "You never had none you crazy bastard. I got both of 'em here. ... sure that Lennie is not lonely and by doing this stops himself being lonely too. 'Lennie stopped chewing and swallowed. His face was concentrated. " I I ain't gonna .say a word." "Good boy!" George has brought Lennie up to behave and act like him. He's brought Lennie up like this because th...

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... , "Well, I got a right to have light. You go on get outta my room. I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain't wanted in my room" (Steinbeck 68). The phrase, "I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse," illustrates how the people in the ranch have emotionally isolated him, which further ... person toward others. It also shows the suffering of isolation and exclusion throughout Crooks' life at the ranch. When Crooks uses the words "you ain't wanted" this shows the bitterness of Crooks that led him to retaliate against Lennie by not allowing him to come inside. Steinbeck uses the ... Lennie that ...

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... ranch will still want to harshly punish him. The rabbit then becomes a symbol of his guilty conscience, hallucinating as if it is speaking to him. "You ain't worth a greased jack-pin to ram you into hell. Christ knows George done every'thing he could to jack you outa the sewer, but it don't ... do no good. If you think George gonna let you tend rabbits, you"re even crazier"n usual. He ain't. He's gonna beat the hell outa you with a stick, that what hes gonna do." (102; ch. 6) Though this rabbit is tremendously malicious and, caustic ... Lennie still shows his faith in George, insisting...

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... ranch will still want to harshly punish him. The rabbit then becomes a symbol of his guilty conscience, hallucinating as if it is speaking to him. "You ain't worth a greased jack-pin to ram you into hell. Christ knows George done every'thing he could to jack you outa the sewer, but it don't ... do no good. If you think George gonna let you tend rabbits, you"re even crazier"n usual. He ain't. He's gonna beat the hell outa you with a stick, that what hes gonna do." (102; ch. 6) Though this rabbit is tremendously malicious and, caustic ... Lennie still shows his faith in George, insisting...

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... the story is set in, the Salinas river, for example. The characters all speak in a 1930's American style, like in chapter one when George says to Lennie We ain't got any' and An' watta I got?'. This adds further realism to the characters. I feel that Steinbeck describes the loneliness of the place well, for example, he ... make George and Lennie sure that he wants the place he tells them; I'd make a will an' leave my share to you guys in case I kick off, cause I ain't got no relatives nor nothing. You guys got any money? Maybe we could do it right now?' Crooks is a black man with a croo...

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... time walking. It suffers from its disability everyday, and it is no longer any good to its self. "Got no teeth, he's all stiff with rheumatism. He ain't no good to you, Candy. An' he ain't no good to himself. Why'n't you shoot him, Candy?" (Steinbeck: 49) But, while Candy understands that his dog is suffering, he does not want to shoot ... pair as unusual, and at the same time they think the idea of traveling with a companion nice. "S'pose I went with you guys. Tha's three hundred an' fifty bucks I'd put in. I ain't much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden so...

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... lazy as they left out letters, "You can't keep a job and you lose me ever" job I get. Jus" keep me shovin" all over the country all the time. An" that ain't the worst." However, by the end of the book I understood the language used and I actually read the book again and picked up a lot of things I first missed. I was curious about ... screaming. Lennie began to cry with fright." It is only his strength that distinguishes him from the child that people often compare him to- "Sure he's jes" like a kid. There ain't no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he's so strong." When Candy'...

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... in to understand how she finally dies. The first of these ways would be how Whit and George talk about her in the opening lines of the section. "Well ain't she a looloo?" "I ain't seen too much of her" said George Whit laid down his cards impressively. Whit is merely pointing out that he has seen Curley's wife and that he thinks she ... the blokes " eyeing them up" then Curley would not be best pleased. Whit recognizes George's concerns with Curley's wife "eyeing up" everyone and replies " I see what you mean. No, they ain't been nothing yet" I feel Whit knows that she is going to cause...

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... an attitude that seems to back of the term. At one point in the novel a man a service station declares "Them goddamn Okies got no sense and no feeling. They ain't human They ain't a hell of a lot better than gorillas" (301). As victims of such injustice, the novel treats the Joads with nothing short of respect. They are depicted as a tightly knit, compassionate ... idealized by Walt Whitman, and the pragmatism of Henry James. When the reader is first introduced to Jim Casy, he tells Tom that "the sperit ain't in the people much no more; and worse"n that, the sperit ain't in me no more, ...

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... seen as a rat trap none of the men on the ranch want to deal with her and this makes Curley's wife very upset ""Whats the matter with me?" she cried. Ain't I got the right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways?" Curley's wife suffers from extreme boredom on the ranch and "has got the eye" ( page 29) due to ... building. The loneliness affects Crooks deeply, he remains in his room when he has some books to read but as he says "Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody- to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody." The way that Crooks has to rub his own back with l...

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... to make George happy and proud of him and it keeps him occupied from the reality of their unfortunate life. The quote, "Lennie droned to himself softly, "I ain't gonna say nothing" . I ain't gonna say nothing" . I ain't gonna say nothing"," implies that he is determined to remember this important statement. He knows that George will be proud of him when he remembers this and ... that in turn makes him very happy. George also warns Lennie about coming into contact with Curley. The repeated line, "Sure, George. I ain't gonna say a word," displays that Lennie is doing everything he can to ...

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... sit out here an' read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody-to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an ... the fact that life would be easier without Lennie, and he often advises Lennie, creating a major tension in the novel. Page 3-4 "Page 28-29, paragraph 4-5, line 1-6, George says," "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so e...

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... as hostile and show them that he does not need their kindness to live. Crooks reveals this state of mind when he states firmly to Lennie, "I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my room" (68). Crooks' first defense against the other white workers is to appear angry and independent of them and wants to erase ... the men. She grasps for attention without even the slightest hint at her loneliness until the day comes in Crooks room, when, after being ignored, she blurts out, "Well, I ain't giving you no trouble. Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while...

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... do they come to visit him, "A guy sets alone out here at night, maybe readin' books or thinkin', an' he got nothing to tell him what's do an' what ain't so. Maybe if he sees somethin' he don't know whether it's right or not. He can't turn to some other guy and ast him if he sees it too. He ... 'd you like that? S'pose you had to sit out here and read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody-to be near him." (Steinbeck page 72). From this quote you can tell that Crooks is sad and lonely and just needs...

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... . How"d you like not to talk to anybody?" (p.87) Moreover, she is not satisfied with her marriage because she says to Lennie in the barn that, "I don't like Curley. He ain't a nice fella. Coulda been in the movies, an" had nice clothes-all them nice clothes like they wear. An" I coulda sat in them big hotels, an" had pitchers took of ... , Crooks is isolated because he is black, and as a result, he is segregated from most activities. Crooks reveals that he is lonely when he says, "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell...

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"A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't matter no difference who the guy is, longs he with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an he gets sick" (Steinbeck, 13) In terms of emotional ... others. Crooks offers his services to clear out his problems of loneliness. " If you guys would want a hand to work for nothing - just his keep, why I"d come an" lend a hand. I ain't so crippled I can't work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to." (Steinbeck, 84) This quote supports that he is attracted to the friendship of Lennie and George. It also proves ... he had to support the friendship including...

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... an" work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow there stake, and the first thing you know they"re poundin" their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to." Men like George and Lennie who migrate from ranch to ranch rarely have anyone to look to for companionship. Even though George and Lennie ... . He has $300.00 from losing his hand and he offers the money to George and Lennie to pay for part of the place they dream of. Candy knows he "ain't much good with on"y one hand", but he is willing to cook and take care of the garden. He will be happy to give Geo...

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... applying liniment to his back; this was a private act of a private man. " If you guys would want a hand to work for nothing-just his keep, why I'd come an' lend a hand. I ain't so crippled I can't work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to," is an example of Crooks' loneliness as he proposes to work for George and Lennie if they buy a ranch ... come back, Lennie strongly believes that he will. This was emphasised earlier in the novel by Slim, as he says, "Ain't many guys travel around together." This shows how unique and special George and Lennie's relationship is. The statement "You ain't...

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... of the people to survive. She told Tom that "us people will go on livin" when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we"re the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we"re the people-we go on" (383). She strongly believes that all the migrants will be the "people that live" and this belief serves ... "ll go to Marysville to find work: "If you can take an" make "im mad, why, he"ll be awright. Pa, he didn" say nothing", but he's mad now. He ain't beat. He"ll show me now" (481). Ma recognizes that Pa is still an essential part in keeping the family together, thus she wisely uses r...

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... 's bunkhouse, or join them in a game of cards. Crooks inner pain is revealed in his comment to Lennie: "A guy needs somebody--to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick" (Steinbeck 72-73). Crooks' openness of ... the workers to stay clear of Curley's wife which in turn brings about her loneliness. This is evident when she states: "What's the matter with me? Ain't I got a right to talk to nobody? Seems like they ain't none of them cares how I gotta live" (Steinbeck ...

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... their life. Through his novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck demonstrates that often times, a victim of isolation will have a never-ending search to fulfill a friendship. "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't matter no difference who the guy is, longs he with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an he gets sick" (Steinbeck, 13) Crooks is a black man ... others. Crooks offers his services to clear out his problems of loneliness. " If you guys would want a hand to work for nothing - just his keep, why I"d come an" lend a hand. I ain't so cippled I can't work like a son-of-a-##### if...

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... be near him."(Steinbeck, 72) Crooks feels lonely because he does not have a friend to laugh with, talk with, or to share his emotions with. "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody- (Steinbeck, 72) Unfortunately, Crooks portrays a weak, defenseless character. The symbols of insignificance and weakness represent Crooks. These qualities are displayed in his confrontation with Curley's wife in his ... everybody is doing something, " an" what am I doin"? Standin" here talkin" to a bunch of bindle stiffs- a n***** (Crooks) an" a dum-dum (Lenny), a lousy ol" sheep (Candy)- an" likin" it becaus...

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... suggesting George won't come back for him. I feel all the years of being picked on for being black and not being allowed in the ranch workers bunkhouse "I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse, you ain't wanted in my room." It his chance to make someone else feel what he feels. While Lennie is in his room he realises in can confide in Lennie ... have often so he tells her to "jus" get out, an" get out quick." So she snaps back at him "I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny" and that's when crooks become insecure and "sat down on his bunk and drew into himself." After al...

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... the men in the family become utterly discouraged, she stands up for the family to be proactive and to do something about their situation instead of whining and crying. "You ain't got the right to get discouraged," Ma tells Pa. Pa Joad responds saying, "Time was when a man said what we do. Seems like women is tellin" now. Seems like it ... time to get out a stick." Ma Joad replies "Times when they's food an" a place to set, then maybe you can use your stick an" keep your skin whole. But you ain't a-doin" your job, either a-thinkin" or a-workin". If you was, why, you could use your stick,...

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... nothing until he evens the score with Lennie, to avenge his wife. Into buildup, "An s"pose they lock him up an" strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain't no good, George" (106). What this is showing is if somehow they clogged Curley from assaulting Lennie, he would have no chance of avoidance, since George isn't with him and ... . George needs to gun down Lennie otherwise he would sense and endure the cost the same way Candy did with his dog. For case in point, "He ain't no good to you, Candy. An" he ain't no good to himself. Why"n't you shoot him, Candy" (49). This passage repres...

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