Friendship
Dreams
Loneliness/Acceptance
100
George can't imagine life without Lennie Chapter 1
"You kinda get used to going around with a guy"
100
Their dream of a better life. Chapter 1
"Someday we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple acres and a cow and some pigs"
100
Curley's wife is a liability to the other men on the ranch Chapter 2
"piece of jailbait"
200
They rely on each other. This quote shows the importance of friendship Chapter 1
"I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you
200
Their dream was doomed from the beginning. Chapter 5
"I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her"
200
Curley's wife is called a golddigger
"Bet she'd clear out for twenty bucks"
300
They aren't as lonely as other migrant workers because they have each other Chapter 1
"Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world"
300
The last time they share their dream together Chapter 6
"Look across the river Lennie, an I'll tell you so you can almost see it"
300
Lennie is a good worker, really strong Chapter 1
"But if he sees ya work before he hears ya talk - we're sorted"
400
George does his best to reassure Lennie Chapter 6
"Ain't gonna be no more trouble"
400
If George wasn't always looking after Lennie... Chapter 1
"if I was alone I could live so easy"
500
Lennie's childlike nature and dependence on George Chapter 5
"Lennie covered his face with huge paws and bleated with terror"
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