... , "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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... 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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... 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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... . 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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... 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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... '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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... 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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... 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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... wandering and the loneliness that comes from being an itinerant worker. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world...They ain't got nothing to look ahead to... With us it ain't like that. We got a future(Steinberg, 13 & 14)." For Lennie the dream represents a rabbit of his own to pet. He no longer will have to ... what it signifies for him a place where he can grow old with dignity. "Maybe if I give you guys my money, you"ll let me hoe in the garden even after I ain't no good at it.An" I"ll wash dishes an" little chicken stuff like that.But I"ll be on our o...

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... men do not care about her. We see her frustration when she realises her cruelty on crooks. In this conversation her true feelings about her husband pours out. "Swell guy ain't he." She talks in a sarcastic way. She is so desperate for companionship and communication she resorts to talking to the lowly regarded people such as Crooks and Lennie. The men ... have fallen into a spiral of loneliness. Firstly, we find she has been rejected from a job. " I never got that letter." Then she marries into a disastrous, loveless marriage. "I don't like Curley. He ain't a nice fella." Curley's wife ...

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... threatens Crooks when she's in the barn in presence of Candy and Lennie: "Listen, Nigger You know what I could do? I could get you strung upon a tree so easy it ain't even funny" (39) This can also be a reflection on how Curley acts over his wife, which is not completely visible in the novel but we can deduce this by ... ' to me." (87) She says after confessing that she feels "awful lonely". While Curley's wife finally gets somebody to talk to, she asks Lennie to touch her air which leads on to her tragic death and the end of her dream. Curley's wife is an important character because Ste...

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... George and Lennie's farm. His dreams were shattered when Curly's wife said "Well, you keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny." (page 81) So he knew it was not appropriate to leave his stable boy position. Candy's dream was realistic because he actually had a good chance because he ... took the bait when George suggested that he should still buy the land. Candy said "S'pose I went in 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 some. How'd...

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... impersonates him, hence accentuating the leverage George has as juxtaposed to Lennie in relation to psychological supremacy. The auditory imagery in "Lennie looked eagerly at him. 'Go on, George. Ain't you gonna give me no more hell?' 'No,' said George. 'Well, I can go away,' said Lennie 'if you don' want me,'" explicates Lennie's anxiousness to abide ... used by the swamper in "Curley's like a lot of little guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at 'em because he ain't that big guy. Always scrappy," evinces the conjecture that Curle...

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... impersonates him, hence accentuating the leverage George has as juxtaposed to Lennie in relation to psychological supremacy. The auditory imagery in "Lennie looked eagerly at him. 'Go on, George. Ain't you gonna give me no more hell?' 'No,' said George. 'Well, I can go away,' said Lennie 'if you don' want me,'" explicates Lennie's anxiousness to abide ... used by the swamper in "Curley's like a lot of little guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at 'em because he ain't that big guy. Always scrappy," evinces the conjecture that Curle...

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... believes that life is senseless without a friend to turn to in times of need or self-doubt. "A guy needs somebody to be near him...A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody." (72). However, Crooks does not heed his own words as he pounces on Lennie's fear of George leaving Lennie to fend for himself. It is not until ... Crooks uncomfortable. Crooks asks Curley's wife to leave, and she quickly forgets about her tedious life and threatens Crooks. "I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny." (81).  Curley's wife may have reason to be the loneliest on the ranch, but i...

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... like Candy and his dog, certain people are not wanted in society. For example, Candy's dog is no longer wanted by the other men, "He ain't no good to you, Candy. An' he ain't no good to himself This ol' dog jus' suffers hisself all the time." (Steinbeck 44,45). This is significant because it shows that society thinks the ... ...

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... it is someone like Lennie. Nobody wants to be alone in this world and this includes George. George describes this fear when he says, "I ain't got no people. I seen guys that go around on ranches alone. That ain't no good . . . Course Lennie's a damn nuisance most of the time, but you get used to goin" around with a guy an" you can't get rid ... ...

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