Power and Powerlessness

Of Mice and Men · John Steinbeck

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She's a jail bait all set on the trigger. That Curley got his work cut out for him. Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain't no place for a girl, specially like her.
Chapter 3 · George Milton · ★★★★☆
One day a bunch of guys was standin' around up on the Sacramento River. I was feelin' pretty smart. I turns to Lennie and says, 'Jump in.' An' he jumps. Couldn't swim a stroke. He damn near drowned before we could get him.
Chapter 3 · George Milton · ★★★★☆
Lennie's closed fist was lost in Lennie's big hand.
Chapter 3 · Narrator · ★★★★☆
You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn't no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody'd shoot me.
Chapter 3 · Candy · ★★★★☆
Slim jumped up. 'The dirty little rat,' he cried, 'I'll get 'um myself.'
Chapter 3 · Narrator, Slim · ★★★★☆
Slap 'im, George. Make 'um let go.
Chapter 3 · Slim · ★★★★☆
“Got no teeth,” he said. “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?”
Chapter 3 · Carlson · ★★★★☆
Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no ego—nothing to arouse either like or dislike.
Chapter 4 · Narrator · ★★★★☆
You got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room. Nobody got any right in here but me.
Chapter 4 · Crooks · ★★★★☆
If I say something, why it’s just a nigger sayin’ it.
Chapter 4 · Crooks · ★★★★☆

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