Violence in of mice and men
Quotes Of Violence In Of mice and men
Chapter 1:
"Where we goin', George?"
The little man jerked down the brim of his hat and scowled over at Lennie. "So you forgot that already, did you? I gotta tell you again, do I? Jesus Christ, you're a crazy bastard!"
Almost as soon as we meet George he is stomping around the novel flinging verbal abuse as Lennie. This is verbal violence.
Chapter 1:
Lennie hesitated, backed away, looked wildly at the brush line as though he contemplated running for his freedom. George said coldly, "You gonna give me that mouse or do I have to sock you?"
Lennie only understand if George means what he says if he is threatening in some way and that it is he has just adapted to that way of speech to get through to him. This is verbal violence with a threat attached.
Chapter 1: Lennie looked sadly up at him. "They was so little," he said apologetically. "I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead—because they was so little. I wish’t we’d get the rabbits pretty soon, George. They ain’t so little."
Lennie does not mean to kill the mice but defiantly wants to hurt them but it is possible that the retaliation is purely instinctive like an animal. This is unintentional active violence that occurred in the past.
Chapter 2:
"You said I was your cousin, George."
"Well, that was a lie. An' I'm damn glad it was. If I was a relative of yours I'd shoot myself."
George is being melodramatic and tosses the shoot round a lot as if it means nothing as in the first chapter he said “someone I’ll shoot you for a coyote”. Is it possible that George really is sick of Lennie and wish’s to be rid of him. This is verbal and emotional violence because people don’t usually joke about their family.
Chapter 2:
"I’ll try to catch him," said Curley. His eyes passed over the new men and he stopped. He glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie. His arms gradually bent at the elbows
Chapter 1:
"Where we goin', George?"
The little man jerked down the brim of his hat and scowled over at Lennie. "So you forgot that already, did you? I gotta tell you again, do I? Jesus Christ, you're a crazy bastard!"
Almost as soon as we meet George he is stomping around the novel flinging verbal abuse as Lennie. This is verbal violence.
Chapter 1:
Lennie hesitated, backed away, looked wildly at the brush line as though he contemplated running for his freedom. George said coldly, "You gonna give me that mouse or do I have to sock you?"
Lennie only understand if George means what he says if he is threatening in some way and that it is he has just adapted to that way of speech to get through to him. This is verbal violence with a threat attached.
Chapter 1: Lennie looked sadly up at him. "They was so little," he said apologetically. "I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead—because they was so little. I wish’t we’d get the rabbits pretty soon, George. They ain’t so little."
Lennie does not mean to kill the mice but defiantly wants to hurt them but it is possible that the retaliation is purely instinctive like an animal. This is unintentional active violence that occurred in the past.
Chapter 2:
"You said I was your cousin, George."
"Well, that was a lie. An' I'm damn glad it was. If I was a relative of yours I'd shoot myself."
George is being melodramatic and tosses the shoot round a lot as if it means nothing as in the first chapter he said “someone I’ll shoot you for a coyote”. Is it possible that George really is sick of Lennie and wish’s to be rid of him. This is verbal and emotional violence because people don’t usually joke about their family.
Chapter 2:
"I’ll try to catch him," said Curley. His eyes passed over the new men and he stopped. He glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie. His arms gradually bent at the elbows