Of Mice and Men Group

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pepperbabby
pepperbabby
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High School - 9th Grade

I need qoutes from the book Of Mice and Men and the page numbers or at least the chapter number.

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Posted by pepperbabby on Thursday May 14, 2009 at 10:18 AM and tagged with of mice and men, quotes.

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  1. gatetochrist Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    dear pepperbabby,

    Here are some significant quotes from Of Mice and Men:

    "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. . . . With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us." (chapter 1, George)

    The above quote is a premise for George's -and Lennie's- desire for a place to belong. It is followed up by this next quote, which describes the details of their ideal world:

    "All kin's a vegetables in the garden, and if we want a little whisky we can sell a few eggs or something, or some milk. We'd jus' live there. We'd belong there. There wouldn't be no more runnin' round the country and gettin' fed by a Jap cook. No, sir, we'd have our own place where we belonged and not sleep in no bunk house."(chapter 1, George)

     

    Sources:
    http://www.allgreatquotes.com/of_mice_and_men_quotes.shtml

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    Posted by gatetochrist on Wednesday June 10, 2009 at 4:35 AM

  2. mwestwood
    mwestwood Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

    Here are lines from the men in "Of Mice and Men" that express the terrible alienation of itinerant men.  Steinbeck was most concerned with the importance of brotherhood as a means of giving meaning to the lives of lonely men who are helpless by their isolation:

    'I ain't got no people,' George said. 'I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone.  That ain't no good.  They don't have no fun.  After a long time they get mean.  They get wantin' to fight all the time.'

    'Yeah, they get men,' Slim agreed. 'They get so they don't want to talk to nobody.'

    'A guy needs somebody--to be near him.  He [Crooks] whined, '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,' he cried, 'I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he get sick.'

    It is because they are so lonely that George and Lennie come together as brother in the dream of having a place.  They look out for each other, protecting, looking out for the other's best interest. (See the quotes from the above post.)

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/of-mice-and-men/themes

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    Posted by mwestwood on Saturday June 27, 2009 at 11:51 AM