My Deck

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• But not us! An’ why? Because … because I got you to look after me, and you got me to…

  Chapter 1·Lennie Small

  Loneliness and Companionship

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• When he had finished combing his hair he moved into the room, and he moved with a majesty only achieved…

  Chapter 2·Narrator

  Power and Powerlessness

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• “Ain’t many guys travel around together,” he mused. “I don’t know why. Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is…

  Chapter 2·Slim

  Loneliness and Companionship

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• "I ain't got no people," George said. "I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain't…

  Chapter 3·George Milton

  Loneliness and Companionship

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• “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.”

  Chapter 3·Candy

  Violence and MercyLoneliness and Companionship

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• Hardly none of the guys ever travel together. I hardly never seen two guys travel together. You know how the…

  Chapter 3·Slim

  Loneliness and Companionship

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• Curley stepped over to Lennie like a terrier. 'What the hell you laughin' at?'

  Chapter 3·Narrator

  Violence and MercyPower and Powerlessness

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• "Well, it's ten acres," said George. "Got a little win'mill. Got a little shack on it, an' a chicken run.…

  Chapter 3·George Milton

  The American DreamDreams and Survival

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• Lennie covered his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror.

  Chapter 3·Narrator

  Violence and MercyPower and Powerlessness

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• “Guy don’t need no sense to be a nice fella. Seems to me sometimes it jus’ works the other way…

  Chapter 3·Slim

  Dreams and SurvivalPower and Powerlessness

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• “We could live offa the fatta the lan’.”

  Chapter 3·Lennie Small

  The American DreamDreams and Survival

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• I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back…

  Chapter 4·Crooks

  The American DreamDreams and Survival

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• Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets…

  Chapter 4·Crooks

  The American DreamDreams and Survival

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• "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with…

  Chapter 4·Crooks

  Loneliness and Companionship

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• George can tell you screwy things, and it don’t matter. It’s just the talking. It’s just bein’ with another guy.…

  Chapter 4·Crooks

  Loneliness and Companionship

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• ’Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink. Well,…

  Chapter 4·Crooks

  Racism and ExclusionLoneliness and CompanionshipPower and Powerlessness

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• And the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face.…

  Chapter 5·Narrator

  Violence and MercyDreams and Survival

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• —I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to…

  Chapter 5·George Milton

  The American DreamHuman Nature and Survival

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• And she continued to struggle, and her eyes were wild with terror. He shook her then, and he was angry…

  Chapter 5·Narrator

  Violence and MercyHuman Nature and Survival

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• He reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson’s Luger; he snapped off the safety, and the hand and…

  Chapter 6·Narrator

  Violence and MercyLoneliness and Companionship

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• Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin’ them two guys?

  Chapter 6·Carlson

  Loneliness and Companionship

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• And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of…

  Chapter 6·Narrator

  Violence and MercyLoneliness and Companionship

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• "Because I got you an’—" "An’ I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in…

  Chapter 6·Lennie Small, George Milton

  Loneliness and Companionship

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• Guys like us got no fambly. They make a little stake an’ then they blow it in. They ain’t got…

  Chapter 6·George Milton

  Loneliness and CompanionshipPower and Powerlessness

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• No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to…

  Chapter 6·George Milton

  Violence and MercyLoneliness and Companionship

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